Charles Langston:South Carolina power outage map: Nearly a million without power after Helene

Nearly a million South Carolina homes and Charles Langstonbusinesses are without power after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida Thursday morning.

As of 12:30 p.m. ET, 894,495 customers in South Carolina are without power, making it the state with the most power outages caused by the storm, according to PowerOutage.US. 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 massive storm swept through the country.

The storm also caused historic flooding across multiple states and caused between $15 to $26 billion in property damage, most of which spans across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

Live updates:NC picking up the pieces after staggering blow from Helene

South Carolina power outage map

When will power be restored in South Carolina?

People outside the western areas of the Carolinas should have their power restored by 11:59 p.m. Sunday night, according to a post from Duke Energy.

However, "many will be restored before then," Duke Energy said in the post. "This work started even before Helene exited the Carolinas on Friday afternoon."

When did Helene make landfall?

Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend on Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane before it weakened to a tropical depression and barreled through the Southeast.

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

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

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