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More than 4K without power in North Myrtle Beach area

WMBF · last updated

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) — More than 4,000 Santee Cooper customers are without power in the North Myrtle Beach area.

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As of 11:51 p.m., 4,043 customers are without power, according to Santee Cooper’s outage map.

Santee Cooper is reporting other outages, but the number of customers affected is significantly lower for those outages.

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