Beaumont, Texas – At 11 a.m. this morning, some 24, 602 customers remain without power in Entergy Texas, Inc.’s service area. The number shows progress made since the storm’s peak outage which occurred at 7:15 a.m. and included more than 47,000 customers. The outages occurred following severe thunderstorms that began moving through the area early this morning. All available Entergy personnel, plus contract crews and vegetation workers are mobilized for the restoration effort. Additionally, a request has been made for assistance from other utilities. Line workers, scouts and vegetation workers are moving into Southeast Texas to assist the restoration effort. Real time outage information is available at View Outages.