BATON ROUGE - Neighborhoods near Highland Road are experiencing significant power outages Friday afternoon amid reports of a transformer explosion.

According to Entergy, more than 1,500 households just south of the 10/110 split lost power around 1:40 p.m.. It's unclear when those affected customers will get their electricity restored.

It coincides with a severe thunderstorm warning that was issued for much of the capital area around that same time. 

***SEVERE T-STORM WARNING*** for the boxed area. Head inside, this is a dangerous thunderstorm. #lawx #mswx Our latest forecast: https://t.co/1NFYtqf6dL pic.twitter.com/5NBG1Q5aOY

— WBRZ Weather (@WBRZweather) September 8, 2023

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