Over a week after Hurricane Helene tore through western North Carolina, over 150,000 customers remain without power as authorities also work to find missing people, restore water and continue recovery efforts in the devastated region.
In Buncombe County, which includes Asheville and Black Mountain, nearly 43% of customers are still in the dark, along with almost 57% of customers in nearby Henderson County, according to Poweroutage.com.
The small counties of Mitchell, Yancey and Avery, heavily impacted by Helene, also show high percentages of outages, with 64%, 57% and 45% of customers without power, respectively.