While power is still out for the vast majority of Upstate and Midlands residents, progress is being made.
On Sunday, the two counties hit hardest by power outages — Greenwood and Spartanburg — were effectively 100% without power, according to the U.S. Power Outage Map. By Tuesday afternoon, those numbers had dropped to 85% in Greenwood County and 73% in Spartanburg County.
The number of power customers in Greenville County has also dropped from more than 200,000 to 161,000, with about 58% of the county without power.
While 87% of Laurens County power customers were still without power Tuesday, that number had been over 90% on Sunday.
In Aiken County, 62% of power customers were still without power Tuesday, a drop from almost 80% on Sunday.
Power also returned to more customers in Saluda, Newberry, and Union counties Tuesday, as thousands of linemen from as far as Canada work around the state to get the lights back on.
Power outages were most pronounced in the strip of counties between Aiken and Greenville, including Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Laurens, and Union counties. All reported power outages for at least eight in every 10 energy customers Sunday morning.
This is a developing story.
