Source: Noah Feit, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/13/19


After a winter storm rolled through the Carolinas on Saturday night and Sunday morning, more than 130,000 customers reported power outages, according to information shared by energy providers. In an effort to help “utility workers restore power quickly,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency for all 100 counties, according to a news release. While there are blackouts in South Carolina, customers in North Carolina were hit much harder by the winter storm that dumped ice and snow across the state, the National Weather Service reported.

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