Updates: Henderson County has 2,000 without power a day after storm slams Carolinas

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The latest Duke Energy power outage map shows thousands without power in Henderson County.

A majority of those without power were in the Hendersonville area. As of 8:30 a.m. Feb. 1, Duke Energy is reporting 2,000 without power in the county.

Chief Communications Officer Mike Morgan spoke with News 13 early in the morning, giving updates about the current conditions there.

“We continue to encourage residents to stay off the roads to allow NCDOT, Duke Energy and emergency services to do their jobs. Many roads are snow covered in the county and travel is not advised,” he said. “We will continue to monitor the wind gusts and extreme cold warning and ask residents to stay inside if they can.”

There were also nearly 1,000 outages in the Franklin area, according to Duke Energy.

Here are the closings/delays for Sunday, Feb. 1 and Monday, Feb. 2

Schools

Buncombe County: Remote Learning Day

Asheville City Schools: Remote Learning Day

City/government offices

Hendersonville: All of Hendersonville’s city/government offices are closed

Madison County: Due to inclement weather, Monday, February 2, 2026, all non-emergency services and offices of Madison County Government will be closed.

Asheville Regional Airport

Many flights for Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 have been delayed or canceled by the winter storm, but some are still on schedule.

For the latest arrivals and departures, go to the airport’s website.

Asheville city buses

All routes are suspended for Feb. 1.

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