South Carolina: Power outages updates [Video]

Here you will find the latest power outage updates in South Carolina and North Carolina after Helene: **Live video above when available** 10 p.m. update:Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative released the following update for Thursday night:Approximately 5,700 Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative members had their power restored Thursday, dropping the percentage without power down to 16 percent.As of tonight, over 53,000 members have had their power restored since Tropical Storm Helene ripped through our region last Friday. At the time of this release, 11,878 members were without power. All 43 Spartanburg County members are now back online.Further field assessments today confirmed 767 broken poles on our system. That figure was at 710 broken poles Wednesday night. This continues to be the most we’ve ever recorded in our 84-year history.In the final stages of restoration, the pace of progress will naturally slow down. Crews will begin focusing on more isolated outages, which take …