Latest: More than 80,000 without power
The Latest on Hurricane Florence:6:50 p.m.Power outages in North Carolina have increased as a weakened and slower Hurricane Florence moves closer to the coast.The two major electric utilities covering the state —Duke Energy and Dominion— and a consortium of electric cooperatives reported more than 80,000 customers without power as of early Thursday evening. That doesn’t include numbers from dozens of city-operated electricity providers. […]
