Authorities confirmed early Saturday that the body of an elderly woman was found dead in her 22nd Street house after apparently drowning in the floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey earlier this week.

Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett said the woman was found face down in approximately water approximately two-feet deep.

Burnett did not release her name because her family had not been notified.

Burnett said an earlier fatality attributed at first to the storm could have been the result of a lack of medication.

As floodwaters continue to recede, electrical power crews are quickly working to restore power to the area. Saturday morning, an Entergy spokesperson said approximately 1,500 Port Arthur residents were still without power, an improvement over the prior day when the city’s mayor said approximately 3,000 customers were out.

“It looks like its down from over 6,800 as of Tuesday,” Kacee Kirschvink said. Kirschivink is the senior communications specialist for the power company and she said Entergy workers have been making quick progress as the streets become passable. However, she could not say exactly when full power would be restored.

“Half the customers who are out right now are inaccessible because of the flooding and so we don’t estimated times for that because of the flooding,” Kirschvink said.

She said power outages still exist throughout the mid-county area in patches, including in Port Arthur, Sabine Pass, Port Neches and in Nederland.

“We’re doing what we can,” she said.

In fact, she said crews would be laboring through Labor Day on Monday.

“Holidays mean nothing to us,” she said. “We are working around the clock. That’s what we do. We work 24/7. As the water level recedes well be able to get into some of the areas we were not able to get to before.”

For more information about Entegy’s restoration efforts, visit entergystormcenter.com.

Then there are the areas of town that are still too flooded to return.

“One of the main issues is, there’s still a lot of sitting water in Lakeside, Palomar and the Montrose areas and a lot of people want to go back and assess the damage but as of Saturday, there are still three and four feet of water where you can’t get in without a boat,” Constable Chris Bates said.

Bates said he is all too aware of the problems as his parents and his sister are still flooded out of their home.

He could not say just when his family could return to their homes, but he’s hopeful it will be soon.

“I’m thinking by at least Monday,” he said.