While the Sunshine State works to recover from Hurricane Helene, other states, such as Georgia and the Carolinas, are dealing severe damage.
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Local energy companies sent crews to help stranded communities.
Duke Energy is moving crews across the Southeast.
The company brought in thousands of workers to bolster their response to Hurricane Helene days before the storm pounded through Florida’s Big Bend last week.
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“There’s been a lot of devastation to certain parts, including those in the western portions of the states,” said Audrey Stasko with Duke Energy. “So some of those areas, you know, we have not been able to even access the damage and to assess that damage.”
Stasko said 50% of the outages remain in upstate South Carolina and the mountains of North Carolina, requiring significant infrastructure replacement.
But Duke is not the only one.