More than 100, 000 people remain without power after Tropical Storm Nicholas sweeps through Texas

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More than 100, 000 people remain without power after Tropical Storm Nicholas sweeps through Texas

More than 100,000 people in Gulf Coast region remain without power after Tropical Storm Nicholas, which has since been downgraded to a tropical depression, swept through Texas.

According to Poweroutage. about 117,871 people were without power as of 8 a.m. That is in addition to the more than 81,000 residents in Louisiana who are still in the dark.

Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Tuesday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, initially knocking out power to half a million homes and businesses and dumping more than a foot of rain along the same area swamped by Hurricane Nicholas in 2017.

Entergy Corp., which delivers electricity to millions in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, said it restored power by Tuesday night to more than 13,300 of its customers, which is equivalent to about 95% of its total outages in Houston.

Entergy Texas expects to restore the remaining customers in areas that have experienced extensive damage and who can safely take power Wednesday through late afternoon, the company said.

The company noted however that Hurrican Ida restoration could adversely affect Nicholas in Louisiana.

For nearly two weeks, entergy Louisiana crews have been working to restore power to its customers after Ida's historic intensity caused severe damage across southeast Louisiana knocking out more than 30 poles, over 36,000 spans of wire and nearly 6,000 transformers, according to Entergy.

Since Ida made landfall Aug. 29, crews returned power to approximately 815,000 customers in APAC and its partners. To date, approximately 87,000 Entergy customers remain without power.

This progress is a testament to the dedication of our tens of thousands of workers and their willingness to do whatever it takes for our customers, said John Hawkins, Entergy Louisiana vice president of distribution operations.