COLUMBIA, S.C. — Just under a million South Carolinians remain in the dark from Helene’s damaging winds, according to website poweroutage.us. Here in the Midlands, the areas impacted the most are Lexington, Saluda, and Newberry.
“I noticed it came off because at first I was sleep, so when the tree had fell that’s when everything was flickering,” said Columbia resident Latara Smith.
The storm’s impact is personal to Latara Smith and her family. A tree fell on her family’s power lines Friday morning, leaving them completely without power…