Staff reports | Electrical power started popping off early Saturday as Hurricane Florence lingered, dumping rain throughout eastern North Carolina, the Grand Strand, the Pee Dee and the Midlands. More than a million reportedly lost power in North Carolina. In South Carolina, tens of thousands lost power in the days that followed thanks to swollen rivers and other damage.
Below are photos from the S.C. Emergency Management Division, Santee Cooper and S.C. Electric & Gas that show the extent of the storm and efforts to begin cleanup and restore power.
Water rushes through a swollen lake in Darlington County. SCEMD photo.
Linemen for SCE&G work to replace a conductor in the Midlands. SCE&G photo.
An SCE&G lineman works on a pole replaceent. SCE&G photo.
Myrtle Beach crews at work near 48th Avenue in Myrtle Beach.. Photo by Santee Cooper.
Transmission workers use a Marsh Master to access a damaged pole in the Great Pee Dee Swamp near Mullins, Sunday morning. Photo by Santee Cooper.
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