August 28, 2020 - Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) estimates most customers in the Shreveport-Bossier area will have power restored by 10 p.m. Wednesday, and for Central Louisiana customers by 10 p.m. Thursday.
 
"Hurricane Laura was unprecedented, causing widespread damage to the power grid," said Drew Seidel, SWEPCO vice president of Region Distribution Operations. "Scattered thunderstorms forecast for today could cause new outages and hamper our progress on repairs."
 

​August 28, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 7:45am on Friday, August 28, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 5 new case and the cumulative case count is now 431. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 19 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 25th.)

According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, there are 4 new recoveries reported and the total of recoveries is 387. The number of active cases is 30.

Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:

August 27, 2020 - The Shelby County Courthouse will remain closed Friday, August 28 due to the power outage.

August 25, 2020 - The Shelby County Courthouse will be closed on Thursday, August 27, due to possible high wind and flash flooding. 

The courthouse will reopen on Friday, August 28.   

August 27, 2020 - Shelby County Commissioners are currently working to assess the damage incurred in the area resulting from Hurricane Laura.

Charles Barr, Precinct 3 Commissioner, advises a lot of downed trees are wrapped in power lines and are not able to be handled by commissioner crews.

If anyone sees down power lines, wrapped in trees or not, contact Deep East Texas Electric Co-op, SWEPCO, or whoever your electric provider may be.

Further updates are expected from county officials as the extent of the damage is realized.

August 27, 2020 - Emergency personnel throughout Shelby County continue to respond to damaged areas, clearing debris and assisting those in need after and during Hurricane Laura passing through the area.