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Se espera que fuertes lluvias y ráfagas de viento acompañen al huracán Idalia a su paso por las Carolinas el miércoles por la noche y hasta el mediodía del jueves, lo que va a generar la posibilidad de fuertes vientos, inundaciones y cortes de energía generalizados en el este de Carolina del Norte y Carolina del Sur.

Heavy rains and gusty winds are expected to accompany Hurricane Idalia as it passes through the Carolinas late Wednesday and into midday Thursday, bringing the potential for high winds, flooding and widespread power outages in eastern North Carolina and South Carolina.

Duke Energy está movilizando a aproximadamente 4,500 personas (técnicos de líneas eléctricas, trabajadores de vegetación, evaluadores de daños y personal de apoyo) para responder a los cortes de energía cuando la tormenta Idalia llegue a Florida.

Duke Energy is mobilizing approximately 4,500 – power line technicians, vegetation workers, damage assessors and support personnel – to respond to power outages as Idalia reaches Florida.

Se restablecerá el servicio a la mayoría de los clientes esta noche y las áreas más afectadas se restablecerán mañana Los clientes se pueden mantener informados enviando un texto con la palabra REG al 57801 y visitando dukeenergyupdates.com

Majority of remaining customer outages will be restored tonight; hardest hit areas expected by tomorrow Customers can stay informed by texting REG to 57801 and visiting dukeenergyupdates.com

Fifteen Duke Energy lineworkers from the Midwest will compete this fall in the International Lineman’s Rodeo after advancing from the Duke Energy Midwest Lineman’s Rodeo in Plainfield, Ind., over the weekend.

The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding $170,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations providing support for those impacted by devastating storms that moved across Indiana in late June and early July.

Duke Energy has restored power to more than 250,000 Indiana customers, but multiple waves of storms have added new outages. As of 12 p.m. today, about 45,000 customers remain without power. The company is aiming to restore the vast majority of these customers by midnight Sunday, but restoration efforts could be affected by additional storms that may move through the state.

Duke Energy crews continue to make progress bringing customers back to service from Thursday’s powerful storms, with approximately 169,000 customers restored. Crews are also responding to power outages from new storm systems that have caused an additional 20,000 outages, but overall power outages are down statewide to approximately 76,000 as of Saturday morning.