Hurricane Zeta: Friday morning update

Here’s an update of where Mississippi Power’s restoration efforts stands as of 9 a.m., Oct. 30.

• We begin the day with approximately 65,500 customers without service, with the majority of those outages between Biloxi and Bay/Waveland area.
• Nearly 1,000-member Storm Team working safely in full force.
• Mississippi Power is deploying outside line crew resources for our customers from 13 states around the country including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, and New York.
• An estimated restoration time will be provided to our customers later today on Friday, Oct. 30.
• Three Coastal Mississippi staging sites mobilized for safe and efficient deployment of storm personnel including, linemen, tree trimmers, engineers, logistics and security.
• 100% of damage assessment completed on Day One through riding lines and drone footage.
• Governor Tate Reeves COVID-safely visited the company’s Storm Center on Day One to provide support and encouragement to crews and team members.

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