A widespread power outage is blanketing the New Orleans area, affecting more than 52,000 Entergy customers on one of the hottest days of the season so far.

According to the Entergy website, Lakeview and lake area neighborhoods to the Industrial Canal, Gentilly, and parts of Mid City are without power.

Across town, pockets of Treme and much of Uptown also are in the dark.

The outage represents more than 25% of Entergy New Orleans' total customers, according to PowerOutage.us .

More than 2,800 customers in St. Bernard Parish, as are neighborhoods in Terrytown.

Entergy New Orleans spokesperson Beau Tidwell said in a statement, "Entergy New Orleans is currently subject to a load-shed order from MISO; approximately 52,000 customers are impacted. Our crews will work as quickly as possible

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