Multiple tornadoes and severe thunderstorms caused widespread outages across the Entergy Texas service area Saturday afternoon. Crews are working tonight to turn the lights back on as safely and quickly as possible.
As of 5:30 p.m., more than 16,000 customers are without power. The hardest hit counties include Galveston, Jefferson, Tyler and Montgomery with high winds, lightning and downed vegetation as the contributing factors.
Additional resources have been requested to assist with restoration. Customers are encouraged to visit Entergy’s View Outage map for the most up-to-date information and estimated restoration times…