NC: Thousands of customers without power amidst high winds
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Published: Apr. 1, 2023 at 5:27 PM EDT
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Duke Energy reports 20,516 customers in North Carolina are without power as of 11:39 p.m. Saturday.
McDowell County Emergency Management says an increased fire danger remains in affect due to high winds.
Call 911 to report all wildfires.
McDowell County Emergency Management says a High Wind Warning remains in affect and to not call 911 to report outages.
Officials say they are responding to numerous reports of downed trees and powerlines.
To stay up to date with outages, view the Duke Energy Outage Map.
Stay with FOX Carolina for updates.
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