Village still struggling with power outages

Entergy and First Electric still have large number of outages in the Village early Wednesday morning.
First Electric Cooperative has 17,000 outages across Arkansas, 21 are in Garland County and 5,772 are in Saline County. A good number of that total is in Hot Springs Village surrounding Lake Balboa. First Electric officials expect to restore power today.
Entergy has 45,000 out with a combined outage of 17,000 in Garland and Hot Spring counties. Thousands of Entergy households in the Village still do not have power. There is spotty outage on the South Pego Way area and near the DeSoto Golf Course. The extensive outages are above Lake Cortez and around Lake Balboa. Entergy officials said it may take days to restore the power.
Luckily last nights intense storms and tornadoes only lasted about five hours. At one point 2/3 of the state was under a tornado watch.
Today Mountainside United Methodist Church is open to assist victims of the storm still without power. The church is offering a safe haven to cool off and have a cup of coffee. The church is also offering disaster assistance to those in need.
The Coronado Center is being used as a Red Cross shelter with meals and comfort available to those in need.
Teams from Balboa Baptist and Sacred Heart of Jesus have mobilized to offer help in the field removing trees and giving assistance.
Call the churches if you need help.
Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church is a victim of the storm and is still without power. The Red Cross will not be using it as a shelter according to church officials.