{"id":3810,"date":"2025-06-08T05:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/?p=3810"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:15:00","slug":"weather-south-carolina-severe-storms-cause-major-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/06\/08\/weather-south-carolina-severe-storms-cause-major-power-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather South Carolina: Severe storms cause major power outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3811\" src=\"http:\/\/us.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2144\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3.jpg 2144w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3-1536x1002.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3-2048x1335.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3-860x561.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/South-Carolina_0806-3-224x146.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2144px) 100vw, 2144px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Widespread power outages across the Midlands<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Severe thunderstorms<\/strong> struck <strong>South Carolina<\/strong> on the evening of <strong>Saturday, June 7<\/strong>, unleashing <strong>destructive wind gusts<\/strong> between <strong>60 and 70 MPH<\/strong> (circa <strong>96 to 113 km\/h<\/strong>) across the <strong>Midlands<\/strong> region. As a result, a <strong>massive number of residents<\/strong> were left without electricity, with the worst-hit zones including <strong>Lake Murray<\/strong> and <strong>Winnsboro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>9:50 p.m.<\/strong>, <strong>Dominion Energy<\/strong> reported that nearly <strong>142,000 customers<\/strong> were affected by the outages. <strong>Just five minutes later<\/strong>, the figure had dropped dramatically to <strong>47,000 customers<\/strong>, spread across <strong>447 separate incidents<\/strong>, indicating ongoing repair operations.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Primary cause: Thunderstorm-driven tree damage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to <strong>Dominion Energy spokespersons<\/strong>, the primary cause of the outages was <strong>trees and limbs falling onto power lines<\/strong>, a frequent issue during <strong>violent thunderstorms<\/strong>. The <strong>strong straight-line winds<\/strong> likely intensified the problem, toppling vegetation throughout the affected counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repair crews<\/strong> were already active from the onset of the first outage and have committed to <strong>working through the night<\/strong> to restore service to all customers.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Timeline of storm activity and forecast update<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Radar observations indicate that <strong>storm conditions began tapering off<\/strong> by <strong>11:00 p.m.<\/strong>, with the system <strong>clearing eastward<\/strong> shortly after <strong>midnight<\/strong>. As skies stabilized overnight, conditions across <strong>Columbia<\/strong> and surrounding areas are expected to remain <strong>calmer<\/strong> into <strong>Sunday morning<\/strong>, although <strong>isolated debris and damage<\/strong> may still present hazards in impacted neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Stay alert for updates from <strong>local emergency services<\/strong> and <strong>Dominion Energy<\/strong>, and exercise caution if navigating affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widespread power outages across the Midlands Severe thunderstorms struck South Carolina on the evening of Saturday, June 7, unleashing destructive wind gusts between 60 and 70 MPH (circa 96 to 113 km\/h) across the Midlands region. As a result, a massive number of residents were left without electricity, with the worst-hit zones including Lake Murray [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weather South Carolina: Severe storms cause major power outages - United States - Weather America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/us\/2025\/06\/08\/weather-south-carolina-severe-storms-cause-major-power-outages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weather South Carolina: Severe storms cause major power outages - United States - Weather America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Widespread power outages across the Midlands Severe thunderstorms struck South Carolina on the evening of Saturday, June 7, unleashing destructive wind gusts between 60 and 70 MPH (circa 96 to 113 km\/h) across the Midlands region. 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