Power Outages in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SC (AP)– Hurricane Matthew has now cut power to almost a half million electric customers in South Carolina.

The latest figures from electric utilities show that about 485,000 customers across the state have been left in the dark by the rains and winds of the hurricane which is passing along the coast, Matthew is expected to move beyond the state by late Saturday.

Most of those outages are in coastal areas, but there are about 44,000 electric customers without power in Richland and Lexington counties.

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