Duke Energy Braces for Second Hurricane Hit as Michael Nears Florida

  • Duke warning customers to anticipate outages lasting for days
  • Michael expected to make landfall Wednesday in Florida
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Utilities are warning that lights in the Carolinas may go out for the second time in a month, thanks to Hurricane Michael.

Duke Energy Corp. saidBloomberg Terminal Michael may trigger outages, some lasting for several days, in North Carolina and South Carolina. In Florida, the Charlotte-based company is warning that as many as 200,000 customers in the panhandle could lose power, potentially for “multiple days to over a week,” according to a statementBloomberg Terminal Tuesday.