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Power outages across the Upstate

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Power outages across the Upstate

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Updated: 6:21 AM EDT Jun 8, 2025

Linemen are working to restore power to thousands of homes across the Upstate. Our weather team says this came after strong winds and storms across our region.Duke Energy says around 18,000 customers were without power as of 6 a.m.More than 6,000 of those outages are around Greenwood County, 5,000 are in Anderson County, and 4,000 are in Greenville County.For Duke Energy customer updates, click this link.For Blue Ridge Electric customer updates, click this link.For Laurens Electric updates, click this link.For CPW Greer customer updates, click this link.

, S.C. —

Linemen are working to restore power to thousands of homes across the Upstate. Our weather team says this came after strong winds and storms across our region.

Duke Energy says around 18,000 customers were without power as of 6 a.m.

More than 6,000 of those outages are around Greenwood County, 5,000 are in Anderson County, and 4,000 are in Greenville County.

For Duke Energy customer updates, click this link.

For Blue Ridge Electric customer updates, click this link.

For Laurens Electric updates, click this link.

For CPW Greer customer updates, click this link.

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