Hurricane Helene power outages leave over 3 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

By Chuanyi Ji, Associate Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott C. Ganz, Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, Georgetown University

Hurricane Helene left more than 3 million homes and businesses in the dark across Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas after hitting Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm late on Sept. 26, 2024. As Helene’s rains moved inland, officials warned that fixing downed utility lines and restoring power

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