Take a look at power outages across SC as Tropical Storm Debby lingers in the state

Power outages eased Wednesday morning in South Carolina, though the effects of Tropical Storm Debby lingered in the Palmetto State.

There were about 2,300 power outages were being reported across the Palmetto State as of 9:46 a.m. Wednesday, according to poweroutage.us, which collects power outage data from across the U.S.

That number of total outages was down from Tuesday, when the tropical storm began soaking South Carolina. There were more than 16,000 power outages at one point Tuesday morning.

In terms of providers, Dominion Energy reportedly had the most outages as of about 9:46 a.m. Wednesday, with 821. Dominion has about 800,000 customers in SC.

Rural Colleton County had about 175 outages on Wednesday morning. That county was hit especially hard late Monday night and into Tuesday, with a tornado hitting Edisto Beach and damaging some restaurants and properties there.

Tropical Storm Debby has dumped torrents of rain on South Carolina this week. John Quagliariello of the National Weather Service in Columbia said the storm will could bring “tropical storm force winds, storm surge along the coast, a few tornadoes and the dreaded catastrophic flash and urban flooding” to the Palmetto State

“This (storm) is an animal that we don’t think we have seen before,” Gov. Henry McMaster said of the slow-moving storm at a Monday evening news conference.

While there was a lull in activity Wednesday morning as the storm was off the coast, rainy weather expected to pick up again through the day Wednesday and into Thursday.

By Friday night, another 4-6 inches of rain could fall in the Midlands, with some areas receiving up to 8 more inches, according to a National Weather Service briefing. Localized amounts in other areas of the Midlands could be higher, especially in the case of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said.

This story was originally published August 6, 2024 at 11:17 AM.

Chris Trainor

The State

Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.