UPDATE: As of 10 p.m. 3, 285 homes and businesses remains without power across the Southern portion of Louisiana.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Over 15,000 households are without power across southern Louisiana due to severe, tornadic weather sweeping across the state.
As of 5 p.m., the majority of the outages were in Calcasieu Parish, with over 5,800 outages, according to PowerOutage.us. Minor outages have been reported in St. Landry Parish, as well.
- Calcasieu Parish — 5,897 outages
- St. Landry Parish — 1,850 outages
To keep up with power outages across Acadiana, check the following power outage maps:
- Lafayette Utility Systems Power Outage Map
- Entergy Power Outage Map
- CLECO Power Outage Map
- SLEMCO Power Outage Map