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Gusts over 60 mph knock out power to more than 30,000 Thursday around EBR

4 years 5 months 1 week ago Thursday, June 25 2020 Jun 25, 2020 June 25, 2020 3:16 PM June 25, 2020 in News
Source: WBRZ TV

BATON ROUGE - Winds gusted above 60 mph between LSU and the airport as a thunderstorm moved through the area, knocking out power to more than 30,000 utility customers.

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East Baton Rouge sustained the most power outages, just more than 31,000 Thursday afternoon.  Livingston and Ascension parishes were reporting far fewer - just a couple hundred outages reported.

Entergy estimates power will be restored by 5 p.m. 

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