The Augusta-based utility sent line workers and damage assessment teams to areas hard hit by Hurricane Helene.
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Supplies arrive by plane and mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
A crisis is unfolding in western North Carolina, where residents are stranded by washed-out roads and lack power and cellular service.
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Hurricane Helene death toll raises, cuts swath of destruction across the Southeast
At least 44 people have been killed in 5 states. Among those killed were 3 firefighters, a woman and her 1-month-old twins, and an 89-year-old woman whose house was struck by a falling tree.
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Southeast U.S. under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 41 counties on Monday as a result of the expected storm.
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Francine weakens and moves inland after lashing Louisiana
At the peak of the storm, 450,000 people in Louisiana were without power.
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Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm
President Biden granted an emergency declaration that will help Louisiana secure federal money and logistical assistance from partners such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Francine becomes a hurricane as Louisiana residents brace for landfall
The freshly minted Category 1 hurricane packed top sustained winds of 75 mph and forecasters warned it was expected to crash ashore Wednesday in Louisiana.
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Female farmers in Jamaica rebuild in Hurricane Beryl’s wake
More than 2 months after the powerful storm, the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in July, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes. A women-led cash voucher program is providing the key.
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Ernesto strengthens back into hurricane, sends powerful swells, rip currents to U.S. East Coast
The National Weather Service earlier posted a coastal flood advisory and warned of a high risk for rip currents along the Atlantic Coast through Monday evening, saying they “can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.”
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Ernesto strengthens back into a hurricane, could bring riptides, coastal flooding to Maine
Coastal communities may see 5-7 foot waves, flooding and rip currents through Tuesday as the storm passes off the coast.