Factbox-More than 350,000 customers without power in Louisiana due to storm Francine

(Reuters) - Over 350,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana were left without power on Thursday after Hurricane Francine barrelled onto the state's Gulf Coast, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

Francine abated to a tropical storm earlier in the day, but not before it pounded southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi and Alabama with heavy rains and gusty winds.

The utility with the most customers hit was Entergy (NYSE:ETR ), which had 280,781 clients without power.

It was followed by Dixie Electric Membership Corporation, with 35,450 customers cut off in the state.

Here are the major outages by utility in Louisiana:

Power Companies Outages

Entergy 280,781

Dixie Electric Membership Corporation 35,450



Cleco Power 34,608

Total 350,839

Source: Investing.com