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Over 76,000 without power in the Charlotte area due to severe weather
Neighborhoods in south Charlotte are seeing a good bulk of the outages.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over 76,000 Duke Energy customers are without power across the Charlotte area, according to the company’s outage map.
Neighborhoods in south Charlotte are seeing a good bulk of the outages, with nearly 20,000 customers without power in the South Park neighborhood and another 9,000 in the Providence area, according to Duke Energy. The estimated time of restoration is unknown, according to Duke Energy.
Additionally, another 7,000 customers are without power in Matthews and about 4,000 customers are without power in north Charlotte. The estimated time of restoration is unknown at this time in Matthews and in north Charlotte.
About 3,000 outages are contained in Claremont in Catawba County. According to Catawba County Communications, one person died around 1 p.m. along Evening Drive, located south of Old Catawba Road. The communications center also confirmed the National Weather Service was in the area to evaluate exactly what type of severe weather hit the area.
A Tornado Warning is in effect for Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Union counties until 3 p.m.
The WCNC Weather team forecast the chances for strong-to-severe thunderstorms could include gusts up to 50 mph, flooding rains up to 4 inches, and even tornadoes in the Carolinas and Charlotte area. Even North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency ahead of the severe weather threat.
While the worst of the weather is set to hit around noon and early Tuesday afternoon, some damage reports already came in before that timeframe.
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