About 1 million Duke Energy customers could be without power Thursday as the Carolinas brace for freezing temperatures and possible snow and ice accumulation.
Some outages could last several days, the utility company warned in a news release Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings for parts of North Carolina and South Carolina. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper also issued a state of emergency Wednesday ahead of expected outages, which will allow utility companies to bring repair crews from out of state.
“This forecast for icy weather is a real threat for widespread power outages,” Cooper said in a statement. “People need to be ready to stay home and be prepared to lose power for a while, especially in the northern, western and Piedmont counties.”
The alerts come after swaths of North Carolina lost power over the weekend when a winter storm system moved through the area.
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