Duke Energy said they restored nearly 1.6 million customer outages in the Carolinas following Helene and expect to restore power to those with remaining outages by Friday night.

Duke Energy announced on its website that power outages in the Upstate and Western North Carolina are expected to be restored by Friday.Duke Energy reports that the total number of customers without power in the Upstate and Western North Carolina is more than 374,

Just under 580,000 Duke Energy customers are still without power across the Carolinas following Hurricane Helene’s destruction.Well over 1.3 million customers were without power on Friday, Sept. 27, when the storm first reached the Carolinas.