AT&T says fiber damage caused 911 outages across Louisiana and Mississippi. Emergency systems are now restored after hours offline.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said AT&T was reporting damage to some of its fiber optic lines and that was affecting 911 services across the state. Across Louisiana, 911 phone lines are also down. The state's most populous cities, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans, reported emergency system outages Thursday afternoon.

Service has been restored after Louisiana and Mississippi experienced widespread outages of 911 emergency calling systems for several hours Friday afternoon as a result of damage to AT&T fiber optic cables,

MANSFIELD, La. -- 911 services are down in multiple parishes in northwest Louisiana. The Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto and Natchitoches sheriff's offices cannot accept 911 calls. If you need emergency services in Shreveport, use the following direct numbers:

Damage to fiber optic lines operated by AT&T was to blame for the statewide outages, which lasted more than two hours on Thursday, officials said.

Authorities stated that 911 services in Mississippi and Louisiana were down for several hours Thursday afternoon.

Louisiana and Mississippi are experiencing widespread outages of 911 emergency calling systems, according to officials.

Multiple law enforcement agencies across Louisiana have reported that 911, the nation's universal emergency number, is down or intermittently receiving calls.

Several Louisiana law enforcement agencies are currently experiencing outages where they are unable to receive emergency calls.

MANSFIELD, La. -- 911 services are down in multiple parishes in northwest Louisiana. The Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto and Natchitoches sheriff's offices cannot accept 911 calls. The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office said a major fiber cut is affecting all landline phones. So, residents can't call 911 or the main office number.