Almost 1 million without electricity according to Helene

Nearly a million homes and businesses in South Carolina are without power after Hurricane Helene hit Florida on Thursday morning.

According to PowerOutage.US, 894,495 customers were without power in South Carolina as of 12:30 p.m. ET, making it the state with the most power outages caused by the storm. The state is followed by Georgia with 671,367 power outages and North Carolina with 547,630.

In total, nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Virginia are without power after the severe storm swept across the country.

The storm also caused historic flooding in several states and caused $15 billion to $26 billion in property damage, mostly spanning Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Live updates:NC picks up the pieces after Helene delivers a stunning blow

Map of South Carolina power outages

When will power be restored in South Carolina?

Power should be restored to people outside the western areas of the Carolinas by 11:59 p.m. Sunday evening, according to a post from Duke Energy.

However, “many will be restored by then,” Duke Energy said in the post. “This work began before Helene left the Carolinas on Friday afternoon.”

When did Helene land?

Helene made landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening into a tropical depression and sweeping through the Southeast.

At least 61 people have died in all five states, according to the Weather Channel.

Featuring: Christopher Cann, Trevor Hughes, Thao Nguyen, Jeanine Santucci; USA TODAY

Map of South Carolina power outages

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