Storm update: Here are the number of power outages across the Grand Strand
Thousands of people are waking up Friday without power along the Grand Strand following severe thunderstorms that hit overnight.
Santee Cooper’s power outage map is reporting just over 1,500 outages as of 8:30 a.m. Outages were from the Myrtle Beach area to Little River and another section just north of Conway, the map stated. The company said it is working quickly to restore power Friday morning, and by about 10:30 a.m. the number of outages was down to less than 200 customers.
Horry Electric Cooperative is reporting 202 customers are impacted about 9 a.m. Friday. The outage map shows HEC outages from the Myrtle Beach area to Loris, and by about 10:30 a.m. only about a dozen customers were impacted.
The National Weather Service lifted a severe thunderstorm warning for the Myrtle Beach area at 1:30 a.m. Friday. Strong winds swept through the Strand overnight, bringing high wind gusts.
Though thunderstorms have moved out of the area, high wind gusts are continuing to hit the area. The Myrtle Beach area will remain under a wind advisory until 7 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The strongest wind gusts reported this morning were 44 mph in North Myrtle Beach and 40 mph in Myrtle Beach, the NWS Wilmington reports.
Here is where to report an outage to Santee Cooper: https://reportoutage.santeecooper.com/outagereporting/Desktop_Main.jsp.
Here is where to report an outage to Horry Electric: http://www.horryelectric.com/report-an-outage/.
This story was originally published February 7, 2020 at 6:43 AM.
