DEMCO: Nearly all power restored following severe weather

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - According to DEMCO, nearly all power has been restored in the Baton Rouge area following severe weather.

The company said that 69 outages remained Monday afternoon, April 15. The outages are mostly in remote rural areas.

The storms moved through on Wednesday, April 10, and the National Weather Service confirmed that at least four tornadoes touched down.

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According to DEMCO, residents may not always see workers out restoring power, especially in more remote areas like Spillman. However, the company stated that crews are working as fast as possible to get lights turned back on.

“After such a devastating storm, especially in our rural service areas, you can’t always see the work getting done,” said Chad LaCost, DEMCO’s field training specialist, “Today, crews are working in an area 800 feet across and 100 feet down to Thompson Creek – hours of time and many highly skilled crewmen are dedicated to getting the job done.”

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