Power restored across Grand Strand, Pee Dee after Friday’s severe storms

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A number of people across the Pee Dee remained without power Saturday after storms raced through the area Friday night.

Outage maps from Duke Energy, Santee Cooper, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative and Horry Electric Cooperative no longer showed major outages as of around 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

As many as nearly 9,000 customers were in the dark across all utility providers during the storms.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol also reported trees in roadways and traffic light defects in several areas. As of Saturday evening, those had been cleared.

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