State officials said four people have died and more than 1.25 million South Carolinians are without power following Tropical Storm Helene’s destructive power that hammered the state over the past 24 hours.
Gov. Henry McMaster and power company representatives made comparisons to Hurricane Hugo when it came to power grid damage, which will take days to weeks to fully restore. Electric grids in several counties and electric cooperative nearly went completely offline at times.
“With the trees being uprooted and fallen we have probably more power outages—maybe ever, we don’t know,” McMaster said as damage assessments remain ongoing. “This is one that’s going to take some patience because we have so much power that is out.”…