The three utility companies serving Avoyelles Parish were reporting a combined total of 7,248 customers in the parish still without electricity Friday morning due to Hurricane Laura.
Cleco working to restore power after Hurricane Laura
While Louisiana has bid a strong "good riddance" to Hurricane Laura, the killer storm is moving east toward the nation's capital and the Atlantic Ocean. As of Friday morning (Aug.
Utility workers had restored power to 31,205 Cleco customers in Central Louisiana as of 7 p.m. Thursday.
Hurricane Laura's high winds and heavy rains have left the Avoyelles area, leaving a lot of downed trees and power outages.