More than 40,000 electric customers in the county remained without power on Sunday morning.
CARTHAGE, N.C. — Multiple power substations in a North Carolina county were vandalized in what appeared to be a criminal act, leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, a sheriff said.
Moore County deputies and other law enforcement responded and were providing security at the affected sites, the sheriff’s office said. “A pole holding up the gate had clearly been snapped off where it meets the ground. The substation’s infrastructure was heavily damaged,” the newspaper reported.Southern Pines Fire and Rescue reported the town’s water and sewer services are also operating on backup generators. Authorities in the area asked people to stay off the roads if possible or proceed with caution because traffic lights were out of service.
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