Power Outage

SWEPCO will stay in communication with customers via text and email to keep them apprised of the situation.

While outages are widespread, it would appear the hardest hit areas are in the North Bossier Parish areas around Plain Dealing and Bellevue.

Arklatex region reeling after storm leaves nearly 50k without power

Just after 4:00 am this morning, SWEPCO was reporting that over 7,000 customers were without power

Shreveport's latest heat stroke victim, a 28-year-old man found unresponsive in his bed at home by a relative, has been named by the Caddo Parish Coroner's office.

Nick Cox, Mayor of Minden, had to send his residents a letter that no Mayor would ever want to compose.

The storm that hit the immediate Arklatex area around 2:30 Sunday afternoon has left tens of thousands without power again exactly one month from the last storm

The following safety tips for the use of portable generators remain tried and true:

The storms that slammed our area with heavy rain and high winds have downed a number of trees and power lines leaving thousands with no power.

According to KATC TV 3, a Lafayette Utilities System spokesperson says that at around 7:30 am a squirrel shorted out a distribution bus when it got between an insulator and ground. The outage area was approximately from E. Broussard Road to Ambassador Caffery Parkway and from Verot School Road to the Vermilion River.

MRO looked at the frequency and duration of power outages across the country and when it comes to time in the dark, Louisiana is near the top.

SWEPCO has resumed conducting controlled outages to lessen burden on power grid.