Duke Energy announced on its website that power outages in the Upstate and Western North Carolina are expected to be restored by Friday.Duke Energy reports that the total number of customers without power in the Upstate and Western North Carolina is more than 374,

We’re seeing historic damage from this storm on a scale that many of us have never seen in western North Carolina in recent memory,” Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said.

Duke Energy’s online outage map is covered with notifications of places without electricity. Company spokesperson Jeff Brooks says over 1000 locations are without power. Helene’s heavy wind and rain damaged hundreds of substations across the Carolinas.