HUGHESVILLE, Md. – Two of SMECO’s co-op crews headed south to Statesboro, GA, yesterday to help fellow co-op Excelsior EMC with restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. This morning, 100 percent of Excelsior EMC’s service territory was without power. #hurricanehelene
“Helene has weakened to a tropical depression and is moving north across the Southeast, bringing strong winds and heavy rain in what the National Hurricane Center called “life-threatening” conditions. At least 42 deaths across the Southeast have been reported as a result of the storm.”, says NBC news updates. “Over 3 million people are without power across Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia amid fears that outages could last weeks.”
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