Before sunrise Friday morning, more than 8,800 Cleco customers in the Slidell area were without power.
By mid-morning, that number had dropped to around 7,600.
Repairs to the power grid could last into the weekend for some residents.
"We were told that some of the folks in the hardest-hit areas, the hardest to get to areas, maybe this weekend or as lat as Monday before they get power," Slidell Mayor Greg Cromer told WWL-TV. "They're really pretty confident it will happen a little quicker than that."
