Entergy reporting thousands without power in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish [Video]

Power has been restored for most of the area after a major outage across the city. A spokesperson with Entergy said the cause of the outage was due to a load-shed order from MISO. Around 4:50 p.m. on Sunday, it was reported that more than 18,000 people in the Uptown area lost power. Soon after, Entergy reported more than 100,000 people without power in Mid-City, Lakeview, parts of Metairie and Terrytown lost power. Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard Parish also had more than 6,000 customers without power.Power has also been restored for Cleco customers. Entergy issued the following statement on the outage: “Entergy New Orleans is currently subject to a load-shed order from MISO; approximately 52,000 customers are impacted. Our crews will work as quickly and safely as possible to restore service, as soon as we are clear to do so. Estimated time of restoration is unclear at this time, …