(DeFuniak Springs, Oct. 29) - Hurricane Zeta made landfall in southeastern Louisiana Wednesday afternoon, as the fast-moving Category 2 hurricane swept across the southeast, bringing gusts of nearly 70 mph to portions of CHELCO's service territory. 

As of 8 a.m. Thursday, CHELCO has approximately 65 outages affecting more than 3,000 members throughout CHELCO's service territory. Crews are working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. 

For live updates, visit CHELCO's Facebook page or view the outage map at CHELCO.com. 

CHELCO is a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative serving more than 56,000 accounts in Walton, Okaloosa, Holmes and Santa Rosa counties.