More than 111,000 still without power in Horry, Georgetown

More than 60,000 local Santee Cooper customers and nearly 51,000 Horry Electric customers were still without power Sunday night as a result of the forceful winds of Hurricane Matthew Saturday.

The 50,940 Horry Electric customers represent a portion of the more than 232,000 electric cooperative consumers across the state without power. That’s down from a peak of 300,000 on Saturday evening.

Santee Cooper still reported 60,290 without power in Horry and Georgetown counties.

This story was originally published October 9, 2016 at 7:54 PM with the headline "More than 111,000 still without power in Horry, Georgetown."