Electricity Comes Back Slowly After Cold Snap

As the sun rose on Wednesday, chilly air filled homes that had lost power in the capital area. DEMCO initially reported about 2, 600 customers without electricity in Livingston Parish. By mid-morning, the number dropped to zero. Entergy reported a similar situation in Ascension and East Baton Rouge parishes, with the number of people without power dropping from under 500 to fewer than 150 by evening.

Whitney Ross, who lives in an apartment complex near Burbank Drive and Pecan Tree, found herself in a cold predicament. "I woke up to frigid temperatures, " she said. "When I stepped outside, it looked like no one had power. But the sun was shining. " Inside her home, she found no lights, no power, and no heat. An Entergy representative shared that power outages on Wednesday were scattered across Baton Rouge. They're working to restore power as outages are reported.

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