37K Duke Energy customers in Carolinas lose power in wake of winter storm
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) — More than 37,000 Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas were without power due to a winter storm, as of early Monday morning.
The number of customers in the dark came from Duke Energy’s outage map, which showed the vast majority of outages were in the area between Asheville, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina.
The number of Duke Energy customers without power decreased to 34,800 by 7 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26.
Charlotte avoided mass outages during the storm, with only a few thousand in the region without power as of early Monday morning. Places southwest of Uptown appeared to have been most impacted by those outages.
The North Carolina High Country appeared to have made it out of the storm without many outages, based on data from both Duke and Blue Ridge Energy outage maps.
In the South Carolina counties of Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster and York, customers also appeared to survive the storm relatively unscathed, per York Electric’s outage map.
Customers of all power companies in the Carolinas can find their utility’s outage and contact information here.
The main concern regarding power outages was the potential for significant ice accumulation, which could have damaged power lines or downed trees on the lines.
Wintry precipitation came to an end overnight across the Carolinas but cold temperatures Monday and the rest of this week could slow the melting process.
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