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ABC News reports:
Residents of Pasco County, Florida, just north of Tampa, are facing “a level of devastation in our county that, quite honestly, I haven’t seen in the 20-plus years that I’ve lived here,” county administrator Mike Carballa said. Pasco County’s emergency center received about 400 to 500 calls for service early Friday morning after landfall, Carballa said. Of those calls, crews were only able to answer about 20%, he said. The storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding from Hurricane Helene was catastrophic.
Florida Politics reports:
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, people on the Gulf Coast and throughout North Florida are still awaiting the return of their utility service. As of 8:00 AM Saturday, more than 470,000 accounts are without power throughout the state, with a few rural counties dealing with the most profound challenges. Since multiple people are on many of these accounts, it’s hard to say how many individuals are waiting for electricity this morning. Some counties are completely in the dark.
The Charleston State reports:
South Carolinians continue to feel the effects of Hurricane Helene as more than 1 million customers remained without power Saturday morning. As of 8:30 a.m. Saturday, there were 1,073,960 customers without power across South Carolina, according to PowerOutage.us. The outages were widespread, but the Upstate and the Midlands were the most-impacted areas.
Via press release from Georgia Power:
As of 7 PM on Friday, approximately 620,000 customers remain impacted due to the storm. The company continues to bring more resources from outside of its system and currently has 14,000+ personnel engaged in response, including support from Alabama Power, Mississippi Power and dozens of other companies. The response force currently engaged is larger than the company’s response to other major hurricanes including Michael, Irma and Zeta.
North Carolina Newsline reports:
Emergency Management has recorded two confirmed deaths, hundreds of road closures, assisted living homes damaged and evacuated, over 900,000 homes and businesses with power outages, with at least seven major rivers at moderate to major flood risk level. North Carolina’s request for direct federal assistance includes the need for generators, food, water, shelter supplies, evacuation assistance, non-congregate and congregate shelter assistance, medical assistance and other response measures.
With an average of around three persons per US household, the number of those without power this morning could be over nine million.
