Tuesday storms leave tens of thousands without power in central North Carolina - CBS17.com
Duke Energy power outages in North Carolina after Tuesday storms
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As storms move through North Carolina Tuesday afternoon, thousands of Duke Energy customers have been left without power.
As of 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, over 67,000 customers in Durham County are without electricity, according to Duke Energy’s power outage map. In Orange County, near 11,500 customers are also without power.
Over 9,700 customers in Wake County are without electricity. Earlier in the evening, several thousand people in the northern parts of Raleigh were in the dark, but power has since been restored to the majority of them, according to Duke’s outage map.
Some areas east of Raleigh are now also reporting widespread outages. Over 1,700 Duke Energy customers in Johnston County and nearly 800 in Franklin County are without power.
Nash County now also has nearly 2,000 customers without electricity.
In the entire state of North Carolina, nearly 120,000 are without power after Tuesday afternoon’s severe weather.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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