About 1.2 million customers without power in Hurricane Ida’s ‘catastrophic’ wake

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The extremely powerful Hurricane Ida cut off almost 1.2 millioncustomers from electric service as of about 1 pm CT Aug. 30, andaccording to Entergy, the largest utility serving the area, “Those in thehardest-hit areas could experience power outages for weeks.”The resurging coronavirus pandemic may lengthen the repairtimeline, Entergy said in a statement.