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Hurricane Florence: More than 771,000 power outages reported in North Carolina
More than half a million customers are without power in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence brings heavy, life-threatening floods to the coast.
As of 6:15 p.m., Friday, 771,657 people were without power.
As of 6:15 p.m., Friday, 771,657 people were without power.
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Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast.
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Florence made landfall Friday morning in Wrightsville Beach.
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