Power outage update: 252,596 remain without electricity Wednesday
EASTERN CAROLINA -
Power is slowly being restored to Eastern Carolina residents after Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington on Friday, September 15.
On Monday, more than half a million people remained without power across the state.
As of Wednesday morning at 1am, the Dept. of Public Safety reports 252,596 total power outages in North Carolina.
More than half of those customers are in Eastern Carolina.
More than 32,000 customers are without power in Carteret County and roughly 21,000 are without power in Onslow County.
In Craven County, roughly 15,000 people remain without power Wednesday morning.
Many of the state's outages are effecting the Wilmington area, where Florence made landfall and widespread flooding is still cutting off the city from outside resources.
Heavy rain, strong winds and now flooded roadways have hindered power crews, many of which have out-of-state or out-of-town help working to restore power to so many people.
Here's a breakdown of current outages by utility company:
DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS -
- 1,350 in Beaufort Co.
- 10,706 in Carteret Co.
- 2,716 in Pamlico Co.
- 7,422 in Craven Co.
- 1,687 in Jones Co.
- 13,319 in Onslow Co.
- 7,452 in Pender Co.
- 48,281 in New Hanover Co.
- 5,257 in Duplin Co.
- 488 in Lenoir Co.
- 1,231 in Pitt Co.
JONES-ONSLOW EMC - 10,964 total
- 7,699 in Onslow Co.
- 2,366 in Pender Co.
- 816 in Jones Co.
TIDELAND EMC -
- 174 in Beaufort Co.
- 1,521 in Craven Co.
- 1,693 in Pamlico Co.
CARTERET-CRAVEN ELECTRIC CO OP-
- 21,974 in Carteret Co.
- 6,553 in Craven Co.
- 216 in Jones Co.
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