Hurricane Michael: More Than 100,000 Outages In North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, NC – More than 100,000 homes and businesses in North Carolina are without power Thursday morning as the remnants of Hurricane Michael continues to cause trouble along the east coast. As of 2:01 p.m., 101,690 outages were reported by poweroutage.us, a website that collects and organizes data from public outage maps around the U.S. The outages seem to be concentrated around the west and central parts of the state.

A state of emergency has been declared in North and South Carolina, the News & Observer reported.

"Wind gusts of tropical storm force paired with heavy rain may lead to a few downed trees or power lines, especially inland. A few tornadoes are also possible across the entire area," the National Weather Service reported regarding southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina Thursday.

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As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, one man in Gadsden County was killed after a tree fell on him, the Associated Press reported.

This story will be updated with outage figures as they change.

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