Thousands remain without power in the Charlotte area due to severe weather

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over 10,000 Duke Energy customers are without power across the Charlotte area, according to the company’s outage map. 

The bulk of those affected is in Charlotte with 10,000 outages being reported, while just over the border in South Carolina, there are about 2,000 without power at the time of this writing, according to Duke Energy. The estimated time of restoration is unknown, according to the energy company 

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More than 3,700 outages are contained in Claremont in Catawba County. According to Catawba County Communications, one person died around 1 p.m. along Evening Drive, located south of Old Catawba Road. The communications center also confirmed the National Weather Service was in the area to evaluate exactly what type of severe weather hit the area.

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At the height of the storm Tuesday afternoon, there were more than 76,000 customers in the Charlotte area without power. 

The WCNC Charlotte Weather team said the strong-to-severe thunderstorms would include gusts up to 50 mph, flooding rains up to 4 inches, and even tornadoes in the Charlotte area. Even North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency ahead of the severe weather threat.

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