SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — As the worst of Tropical Storm Idalia passes by, Duke Energy customers in the greater Wilmington region may be experiencing power outages.
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As of Thursday morning, roughly 8,000 people are lights out — impacting customers from Brunswick County’s Northwest and Leland, to the airport area of Wilmington, south to Myrtle Grove and onto Pleasure Island, east to Wrightsville Beach and in the northern portion of the county, the Bayshore area. Only a handful are affected into Pender County’s Hampstead.
The bulk of customers in Brunswick — roughly 1,200 — are in the Sandy Creek region, while 2,000 residents near Princess Place Drive and 23rd Street in Wilmington are in the dark. More than a 1,000 from Cape Cottages to Inland Greens also don’t have power.
Kure Beach has just more than 900 customers listed on the the outage map; those residents can expect utilities to return Thursday by 2:30 p.m.
Duke’s estimated time of restoration for customers in Sandy Creek is Thursday at 8 p.m.
Others in the area may have to wait longer, such as Inland Greens, which doesn’t have an estimate time of restoration on the map. Though customers can log into their accounts to see if more information is available. There isn’t a cause yet listed as to why 1,400 near Inland Greens lost electricity, but the area has been assigned.
According to Duke Energy, the outage near the airport was due to fallen trees or limbs damaging Duke’s equipment. Restoration there is expected by 12:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Customers can check the outage map here for further updates.
Other utilities companies in Brunswick and Pender counties also reported outages:
- Four-County EMC in Pender had 650 without power (find more information here).
- Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation serves just more than 98,000, some in Columbus and Bladen counties as well, and reported more than 400 without power (find more information here).
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