– 0 customers out in the US
August 2020 · 18th largest of 72
Hurricane Laura
At the peak, 1,156,218 customers were without power, most of them in Louisiana, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Hurricane Laura Customers out at the peak 1,156,218 Aug 27, 2020, 7:00 PM
Customer-hours lost 65M Every customer out, times every hour out
Counties with 10%+ out 148 of 447 counties affected
Above 600,000 out nationally 2.3 days Aug 27, 2020, 7:00 AM onward
States affected 43 LA · TX · PA · NY · AR
Hour by hour
The country, in the dark
Customers without power across the US, two days either side. The shaded band is the time the national total stayed above 600,000.
By state
Where it hit
| State | Peak out | Share | Counties 10%+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 560,457 | 29% | 43 |
| Texas | 356,947 | 18% | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 177,650 | 5% | 9 |
| New York | 91,398 | 4% | 6 |
| Arkansas | 79,917 | 10% | 20 |
| Michigan | 72,310 | 3% | 2 |
| Connecticut | 67,335 | 8% | 1 |
| Ohio | 65,916 | 3% | 2 |
| New Jersey | 38,161 | 3% | 0 |
| Virginia | 38,005 | 5% | 4 |
| Tennessee | 28,335 | 2% | 1 |
| Alabama | 24,211 | 3% | 3 |
| Mississippi | 22,663 | 7% | 8 |
| West Virginia | 20,297 | 7% | 5 |
| Missouri | 18,287 | 4% | 7 |
| Florida | 17,625 | 1% | 0 |
| North Carolina | 17,083 | 5% | 3 |
| California | 16,426 | 4% | 0 |
| Arizona | 14,482 | 2% | 0 |
| Maryland | 14,414 | 2% | 0 |
State peaks add each county's own peak, which may fall at different hours, so they can exceed the true simultaneous total.
By county
The hardest hit
- Ouachita, LA 100%
- Jefferson Davis, LA 100%
- Morehouse, LA 100%
- Union, LA 100%
- Bienville, LA 100%
- Claiborne, LA 100%
- Jackson, LA 100%
- Caldwell, LA 100%
- Newton, AR 95%
- Sabine, LA 88%
- Acadia, LA 84%
- LaSalle, LA 82%
- Lafayette, AR 78%
- Avoyelles, LA 77%
- Jefferson, TX 76%
- Vermilion, LA 75%