CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Storms caused power outages and damage to homes and trees around the Charlotte area Thursday.
At one point Thursday night, over 7,000 Duke Energy customers lost power in Charlotte, according to the company's outage map. By 10 a.. Friday, the number of outages was less than 1,000. In Harrisburg, over 4,000 customers lost power. The vast majority of those outages were restored by Friday with only a few hundred remaining at 10 a.m.
Around 1,000 customers are without power in the Salisbury area. Some of these outages are not expected to be restored until 8 p.m. Friday.
The storms have also caused damage across the area, according to National Weather Service storm damage reports. No injuries were reported from any of these incidents.
Mecklenburg County
Reports could still come in throughout the night but so far there is just one report for downed trees from the NWS. Limbs were reported broken from trees near Colony Road in south Charlotte.
Rowan County
Two large trees snapped and fell on a house and car near South Main Street in Salisbury around 7 p.m., according to the NWS. Multiple other trees were reported down throughout the city.
In Faith, a tree was reported to have fallen on a vehicle around 7:35 p.m.
Cabarrus County
At least 20 trees were reported down around Mount Pleasant and Concord.
This article will be updated as more power outages and storm damage reports are confirmed.
