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South Carolina: Power outages updates [Video]

Here you will find the latest power outage updates in South Carolina and North Carolina after Helene.**Live video above when available** 8:45 a.m. update from Blue Ridge Blue Ridge provided a correction to Thursday night numbers: There were 1,790 members restored ThursdayAs of this morning, there are 3,536 Oconee members without power.8:30 a.m. update from Laurens Electric: As of Friday at 8:30 a.m., 16,337 members remain without power. Service has been restored to 47,525 members, representing 75% of our member-base. All 32 substations are back online. There are more than 350 broken power poles across our system, and we have replaced about 180 of them. After cutting away trees, it takes a crew an average of 2 to 4 hours to remove and reset a new pole.The co-op has 250 crews representing more than 537 line technicians and right-of-way workers operating now, including mutual aid workers from 17 states, and …

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