1.3 million customers still without power in some southern states
As recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene's catastrophic force continue, 1.3 million customers are still without power in some southern states.
As of Wednesday morning, 1,309,419 customers are without power across the South, according to poweroutage.us.
The hardest-hit states are South Carolina with over 493,000 customers without power, North Carolina with over 347,000 customers without power and Georgia with over 372,000 customers without power.
Outages are also reported in Florida (40,012 customers), Virginia (44,999 customers) and West Virginia (10,968 customers).