Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina on Friday, battering the state with a powerful combination of wind and rain. — Mark Berman6:58 a.m.: Nearly 1 million power outages in the CarolinasAs the sun rose over the Carolinas on Saturday morning, nearly a million power outages were reported across North Carolina and South Carolina, according to state officials. There are now 780,964 people without power in North Carolina, according to the state’s Department of Public Safety. More than 940,000 households are without power across North and South Carolina, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and South Carolina’s Division of Emergency Management. 12:23 a.m.: 773,903 are without power across North CarolinaAt least 773,903 households were without power, as of midnight, the North Carolina Emergency Management Agency reported.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2018 04:01 UTC