Winds Knock Out Electricity for Many in Upstate

More than 1,000 in Anderson County remain without electricity this morning as a result of the high winds of the past 36 hours. Duke Energy is working to restore power many in the Upstate, stating the saturating rain Wednesday and heavy wind into Thursday caused trees and power lines to come down.

As of 7:30 a.m. today, Duke is working to restore more than 47,000 outages across North and South Carolina. 

Below is a breakdown of outages in our area. The other counties in the area had less than a hundred outages.

Anderson: 1,134

Greenville: 3,088

Pickens: 536

Greenwood: 264

 Click here for the latest outage info and estimated restoration times.