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SWEPCO, other crews making steady repair progress

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SWEPCO crews and workers from other electric utilities continue to restore power to areas of northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas.

 Here are the latest outage numbers from SWEPCO as of 1:45 p.m.:

  • Caddo Parish - 2,189
  • Bossier Parish - 418
  • DeSoto Parish - 261
  • Natchitoches Parish - 132
  • Vernon Parish - 296
  • Bowie County - 248
  • Gregg County - 240

At one point during the day, outages topped 5,000 customers, with Natchitoches accounting for over 1,100 of the reported problems.

Three-hundred of the 1,200 non-SWEPCO crews have moved to assist utilities in other parts of the state. More will probably head out tomorrow barring any major damage or utility issues.

The company is now waiting for the storm to move further north into their Fayetteville District in Arkansas.

Anyone with outages should call SWEPCO at 1-888-218-3919. You can also report an outage online at www.swepco.com.

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