Duke Energy restores power to 723,000 Carolinas customers, restoration work continues as company determines restoration times for hardest-hit areas

About 1.1 million customers remain without power as of 1 p.m. Workers continue assessing damage, making repairs and rebuilding infrastructure following severe damage caused by Helene Company continues moving historic amounts of water through Catawba-Wateree River Basin Editor's note: B-roll of flooding in Asheville is available on the Duke Energy News Center. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy workers have labored through record flooding, road closures, storm debris and more over th ...