Finn Updates – Wednesday, Jan. 10

Storm Center •
January 10, 2024

Final Update: 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10

After reaching a peak of approximately 35,000 outages late Tuesday evening, less than 500 outages remain across cooperative service territories statewide thanks to the swift work of co-op line crews.

North Carolina’s electric cooperatives have been working day and night, rain and shine to help restore power to members across the state. Co-op crews will continue to work until power is restored to all members experiencing outages from Finn.

For real-time outage information, visit our outage map.

Cooperative outage map showing real-time outage numbers from electric cooperatives across the state.

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Update: 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10

Cooperative crews continue to make significant progress in the wake of Finn’s trek across the state. Currently, 90 percent of outages have been restored across the cooperative network after reaching a peak overnight. Restoration efforts will continue throughout the afternoon as line crews work to replace broken poles, repair downed lines and restore power to all cooperative members.

Crews from Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative work to restore power as the sun rises on Wednesday morning. Source: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative.

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Update: 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10

Cooperative crews have been hard at work restoring power to members overnight and into this morning. While power has been restored for many, work will continue Wednesday to restore outages caused by downed trees and limbs due strong winds and heavy rainfall from Finn.

Crews from Randolph EMC work to restore power for members overnight. Source: Randolph EMC.

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Update: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9

The severe weather system that brought strong winds and heavy rainfall across the state Tuesday is moving into eastern North Carolina this evening. These conditions, combined with saturated grounds from continuous heavy rainfall, are resulting in additional power outages, especially in the eastern portions of the state. Cooperative crews will continue to work – day and night, rain and shine – until power is restored.

Cooperative outage map showing real-time outage numbers from electric cooperatives across the state.

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Update: 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9

Finn is trekking across central North Carolina early Tuesday evening, bringing a strong line of severe weather that is causing downed trees and limbs, damaging power lines and leading to outages. Cooperative crews have worked throughout the day to restore early outages and progress continues even as new outages arise due to storm conditions.

South River EMC crews arrive to restore an outage caused by a downed tree that has fallen on a power line. Source: South River EMC.

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Update: 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9

Cooperative line crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power as Finn continues to move across state, now primarily impacting central and eastern North Carolina. A combination of strong winds and heavy rain have led to an increase in outages over the last several hours.

Downed trees on power lines have been a significant cause of outages across cooperative service territories. Source: Pee Dee Electric (left), Blue Ridge Energy (right).

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Update: 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9

Finn continues to bring strong winds and heavy rain as it moves across the central and eastern part of the state. These conditions, combined with saturated grounds from continuous heavy rainfall, are resulting in additional power outages.

Cooperative outage map showing real-time outage numbers from electric cooperatives across the state.

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Update: 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9

Finn continues to move across North Carolina, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. These conditions, combined with saturated grounds from continuous heavy rainfall, are resulting in power outages.

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