Over half a million households and businesses remain without power in Louisiana on Monday, eight days after Hurricane Ida struck the state. Nearly 526,000 power outages in the state were reported as of Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.us. That was down from approximately 597,391 outages on Sunday afternoon. Crews with Entergy, Cleco, and other utility providers have been working around the clock to restore electricity, but have made little progress in some areas amid challenges like flooding, snapped power poles, and downed transmission towers. Over half of Entergy customers in Louisiana remained without power on Sunday night, the company said. Some are projected not to get power back until Sept. 8. That includes large parts of New Orleans, where few residents have seen their electricity come back on after the storm struck on Aug. 29. The storm took out eight high-voltage lines for New Orleans and elsewhere and toppled a …
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