Watch this RADAR for the action from Irene's bands...
UPDATE 11:30am Saturday
Over 189,000 Progress Energy customers now affected; including over 60,000 customers in New Hanover county, which is over half of Wilmington.
Craven county in NC is reporting over 14,000 outages or 78% of total customers.
Can you imagine if this storm was a little closer and stronger???
SE Virginia, a significantly populated area and tourists' attraction is reporting nearly 116,000 outages now, according to Dominion Electric; about 15% of the customer area. Most outages located near Newport News and Norfolk VA.
Over 50,000 customers affected in those parts of NC located near the Outer Banks, some 40% of the Dominion customers there.
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UPDATE 4:20am Saturday
Over 67,000 Progress Energy customers affected; includes Wilmington, Fayetteville, and Raleigh.
Nearly 12,000 Dominion customers affected; includes SE Virginia and part of NC.
Over 5" rain in Wilmington with winds gusting over 50mph.
Reports of tree blocking roadway according to police scanner.
Latest pressure reading at 982mb or 29.00".
68 mph wind gust last hour at Hatteras' Mitchell Field and nearly 4" rain.
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As of 10:00pm, over 8,000 Progress Energy customers offline
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