What to Know About the North Carolina Power Outages
A power outage in Central North Carolina over the weekend has upended daily life, prompting officials to open at least one shelter and impose a nightly curfew potentially through the week while authorities investigate what left an entire county in the dark.
The outages in Moore County, about 90 miles east of Charlotte, have drawn the attention of state officials, including Gov. Roy Cooper, who said at a news conference Monday that the attack was intentional and damaged the entire community.
Here’s what we know so far.
The power went out just after 7 p.m. Saturday. Two electric substations were damaged by gunfire in what state Sen. Tom McInnis called a “terrible act” that appeared to be “intentional, willful and malicious.”
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Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-north-carolina-power-outages-192603014.html
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