Michael leaves tens of thousands in Triad without power | Local News

At the height of the tools, more than 90,000 Duke Energy customers were without power in Guilford.

The Charlotte-based utility was not caught off guard by the storm, having warned Wednesday that it "could cause 300,000 to 500,000 outages in North Carolina and South Carolina."

"Currently we have about 475,000 items in our Carolina territories," Archie said about 7 p.m.

The pace of recovery would be dictated by "extent of actual damage, crews' ability to access remote areas and conditions following the storm, such as flooding."

As of Thursday evening, Archie said Duke officials were still able to assess the extent of the damage.

"Outages are very scattered across the Triad and the state, with lots of trees down," she said.

At one point, Duke Energy has some 30,000 customers out of about 46,000 in Rockingham without power.

"Reidsville Fire Marshall Jay Harris said before 6 p.m.

Power outages around the city with the possibility to operate. Cars lined up at the Sheetz in Eden – one of the few places still open.

Traffic backed up around the county. A felled tree on Business 29 blocked the first exit from U.S. 29 into Reidsville. Farther up the road, another tree.

Harris said in a rainy day.

Water swell around the basketball courts at Courtland Park in Reidsville.

Fillo said anywhere in the Rockingham County area, it was not safe to use the power of the road.

At one point on Thursday, Forsyth County had more than 44,000 customers, but it had dropped to about 35,000 by mid-evening.

On Greensboro's eastern flank, Alamance County had just more than 22,000 outages.

In Guilford County, U.S. 29, and corralled residents in neighborhoods. They also include large swathes of major thoroughfares such as West Wendover Avenue and West Market Street. Flooding also occurred in East Cone Impassable Blvd. at some points – although teens were not deterred from turning the waterway.

The storm washed out part of Pen Creek Road Horse, which city officials planned to assess Friday to determine how long repairs would take. Access to Caldwell Academy and Greensboro Montessori School will be on horseback Pen Creek Road, the city said in a news release.

The storm was expected to completely move out of the central part of the state by 11 p.m. Thursday.

Duke Energy's Archie said that the utility would take a very critical approach to restoring power, placing the highest priority on such critical infrastructure as fire stations, hospitals and other public safety and health centers.