Electric companies making headway to restore power in Avoyelles
Utility companies have been making progress in restoring power to customers affected by the winter storm.
Utility companies have been making progress in restoring power to customers affected by the winter storm.
As of 6 p.m. Thursday, Avoyelles Parish was still one of the hardest hit areas by the Mardi Gras winter storm. There were still 12,295 of the parish's 21,717 utility customers without power.
A few holidays followed by ice and snow days resulted in only 17 test results in the COVID update for Avoyelles Parish on Thursday. Of those 17 tests five were positive.
Most Avoyelles Parish residents may be unable to read this report, but as of 6:15 a.m. Thursday 14,261 of the parish's 21,717 utility customers were without power.
As of 9:30 p.m., over 62 percent of Avoyelles Parish utility customers were without electricity, the online Power Outage.US website reported.