Day after storm, 3,000-plus still without power in York, Chester, Lancaster
More than 3,400 customers remained without electrical power early Tuesday in York, Chester and Lancaster counties after severe weather late Sunday into Monday.
Duke Energy, which serves all three counties, showed about 3,000 customers out of service on its outage map just before 5 p.m. Monday.
About 1,000 of those were in western York County, Duke’s map showed.
More than a thousand were in Chester County, the map showed. Others were in Lancaster County east of the city of Lancaster, according to the map.
Duke showed more than 12,000 customers without power Monday morning after the storm.
York Electric Cooperative showed about 480 customers without service around 8 a.m.., according to its outage map. Those outages were countywide and stretched in places through Fort Mill to the North Carolina state line, the map showed.
The outages had dropped from a high of about 12,000 at 8 a.m. Monday after a storm with high winds knocked down trees and lines.
Rock Hill Utilities showed seven customers who were without service Tuesday., according to its outage map.
Chester County had no severe damage or injuries but did have trees down in several areas, said Eddie Murphy, Emergency Management Director.
Part of U.S. 521, the main north-south highway from Lancaster County into Charlotte and north Carolina, was closed for about three hours Monday because power lines were down across the road, said Darren Player, Emergency Management Director for Lancaster County.
The closed stretch reopened Monday afternoon.
More than two inches of rain was reported in parts of York County near Lake Wylie, according to weather officials.
A tree fell on a house in the 1100 block of Woodland Drive after 6 a.m., said Mark Simmons, Rock Hill Fire Department deputy chief. No injuries were reported in that incident or others, including a tree that fell across the 1400 block of Heckle Boulevard, Simmons said.
Chuck Haynes, York County Emergency Management Director, said trees were knocked down countywide but there have been no reports of injuries or damaged structures.
Blocked roads reported in York County between Rock Hill and York at Park Place near S.C. 5, near Clover on Lawrence Road, and southeast of Rock Hill at Firetower Road and Neely Creek Road, were re-opened after emergency crews cleared debris, according to Trent Faris, spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Office.
Thousands more remained out of power in nearby counties Tuesday, including Mecklenburg and Union in North Carolina.
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This story was originally published April 13, 2020 at 7:53 AM.
