Thousands in the Triangle without power due to Tropical Storm Isaias
Thousands of Wake County customers were without power Tuesday morning after Hurricane Isaias pushed through eastern North Carolina.
The N.C. Department of Public Safety reported more than 368,000 customers were without power across four utility systems in North Carolina as of 7:50 a.m. Tuesday. That included more than 192,000 Duke Energy customers, including 6,639 customers in Wake County.
Another 7,879 Duke Energy customers were without power in Johnston County, the utility reported, while 1,750 were without power in Franklin County. Another 109 customers reported their power was out in Chatham County.
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Five South River and Wake EMC members reported being without electricity in Johnston and Franklin counties.
The Triangle was largely spared as Isaias, now a tropical storm, rolled through the state east of the Interstate 95 corridor. The National Hurricane Center reported that the storm came ashore at Ocean Isle Beach as a Category 1 hurricane around 11:10 p.m. Monday, with winds of 85 mph and gusts of 87 mph.
The National Weather Service forecast minor to moderate flooding from the storm. Flash flood warnings were issued for Edgecombe, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Wake and Wilson counties through 6:15 a.m.
Wake and Johnston counties were under a tropical storm warning while Durham, Orange and Johnston counties were on the watch for flash floods.
The storm crossed into Virginia just after 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Staff writer Ashad Hajela contributed to this report.
This story was originally published August 4, 2020 at 7:46 AM with the headline "Thousands in the Triangle without power due to Tropical Storm Isaias."
