Overview
- WDSU reported more than 9,000 customers without service at 6:02 a.m., while WGNO cited 8,848 out at 6:30 a.m.
- Entergy said crews were working to restore service and that the cause remained under investigation.
- The affected area in Metairie stretched roughly from Veterans Boulevard to Metairie Heights Avenue, according to Entergy’s outage map cited by WGNO.
- The outage began around 5:30 a.m., with temperatures in the 40s at the time, WGNO reported.
- Sunday evening, Entergy said a separate Jefferson Parish outage affected about 1,600 customers and that most would be restored shortly.