More than 75,000 customers across Northeast Georgia had power knocked out at some point during Tropical Storm Helene when it blew through the region Friday morning.
As of Saturday morning, more than three-quarters of those outages have been resolved, with just over 17,000 customers remaining without power in the area. Most of those outages are in Rabun , Habersham and Stephens counties
The EMCs with the most remaining outages as of Saturday morning are Georgia Power and Habersham EMC.
Here are the latest numbers, with counties listed in alphabetical order. Numbers represent homes or structures without power as of 10:15 a.m. Saturday:
- Banks County - 496
- Barrow County - 71
- Dawson County - 34
- Forsyth County - 9
- Gwinnett County - 370
- Habersham County - 2,200
- Hall County - 526
- Jackson County - 109
- Lumpkin County - 348
- Rabun County - 7,625
- Stephens County - 4,185
- Towns County - 0
- Union County - 6
- White County - 1,550
- Total - 17,529
Links to report power outages in your area can be found below:
Amicalola EMC - https://www.amicalolaemc.com/report-an-outage/
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - https://www.brmemc.com/report-an-outage/
Georgia Power - https://www.georgiapower.com/
Habersham EMC - https://www.habershamemc.com/
Hart EMC - https://www.hartemc.com/outage-center/report-an-outage/
Jackson EMC - https://www.jacksonemc.com/
Sawnee EMC - https://sawnee.coop/
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