Hurricane Florence: Over Half a Million Without Power in Carolinas and Virginia
September 14 2018 - 12:30PM
Dow Jones News
Power outages are racking up as Hurricane Florence continues to
hammer the shore, with more than a half million customers currently
offline in the Carolinas and Virginia, according to reports from
utilities.
Most of the outages were reported along the coast, but extended
all the way into Wake County, home to Raleigh, N.C., where 4% of
customers were without power. The bulk are concentrated in North
Carolina, where Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) alone has more than 300,000
customers without service. That utility had warned as many as 3
million customers could lose power in the storm, and after
Florence's landfall issued a safety warning on Twitter.
Utility companies have assembled hundreds of line crews and
other repair teams outside of the expected impacted areas, ready to
begin restoration work when the storm passes.
With Florence still hovering near the coast, blowing
hurricane-force winds and dropping tremendous amounts of rain,
utilities and power customers likely have a long way to go.
-Write to Jon Kamp at jon.jkamp@wsj.com and Russell Gold at
russell.gold@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 14, 2018 12:15 ET (16:15 GMT)
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