MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power said Saturday it expected to have electricity restored to about 95 percent of the customers knocked offline by Hurricane Zeta by the end of the day Tuesday.
According to figures released by the company, roughly 140,000 customers had already been restored, leaving about 33,000 still without power as restoration work continued across the region.
Crews working around the clock
Zeta came ashore near Cocodrie, Louisiana, on October 28, 2020, as a Category 2 hurricane and cut a path of wind damage across coastal Mississippi and south Alabama, toppling trees and power lines throughout Mobile County.
The company said crews were working night and day to replace damaged poles, restring lines and reconnect substations as quickly as safety allowed. Utility officials typically restore large feeder lines serving hospitals, water systems and other critical facilities first, before turning to neighborhood-level repairs.
Customers still without service after the Tuesday target were encouraged to report their outage through the company’s outage channels so crews could confirm no isolated damage was missed.