About 1 million energy customers remain without power across six states following the destructive path of Hurricane Helene. The storm caused significant damage to critical power infrastructure from Florida to West Virginia, leaving a trail of outages in its wake.
South Carolina and North Carolina were the hardest hit states, with South Carolina experiencing the highest number of outages. Duke Energy, a regional energy provider, reported that major portions of the power grid in the western Carolinas were completely destroyed by the storm.
