Thousands without power as rain storm rolls into the capital region

BATON ROUGE - Due to the inclement weather Entergy in South Louisiana is reporting thousands of residences and businesses are without power as of Thursday morning.

Over 2,000 people are without electricity in Vermilion Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish.

Demco is also reporting an increase in outages in and around Livingston Parish.

Until the storm clears estimated times the power is expected to return will remain unknown according to both electricity providers.

Click here for Entergy outage reports and here for outage updates Demco.