RSOE EDIS: USA - Power Outage - 2009.12.19

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2009-12-19 19:22:00 - Power Outage - USA EDIS CODE: PW-20091219-24230-USA Date & Time: 2009-12-19 19:22:00 [UTC] Area: USA, MultiStates, North and South Carolina, Event exciting : Snowstorm Damage level: Heavy (Level 3) Affected person(s): 90000 Not confirmed information! Description: Some residents in the Carolinas are digging out from a weekend storm that blanketed many areas with snow, ice and freezing rain, and thousands woke up today to a chilly morning with no electricity. Tens of thousands of power outages were reported in North and South Carolina. Duke Energy and Progress Energy reported more than 90,000 total outages late this morning. In South Carolina, torrential rainstorms caused flooding in some areas. Authorities shut off access to Charleston's downtown peninsula Friday after almost 4 inches of rain fell. Most of the streets were reopened late Friday night. Officials said that two dozen National Guard Soldiers were working with the State Highway Patrol to rescue stranded motorists near Asheville, which got about a foot of snow Friday. Posted:2009-12-19 19:22:00 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu