More than 2 million customers are waking up without power across the South Friday morning in the wake of Hurricane Helene. More than 1.2 million customers are without power in Florida and over 800,000 are in the dark in Georgia. More than 500,000 lost power in South Carolina and more than 190,000 are without power in North Carolina.

Hurricane Helene left one person dead in Florida and two in Georgia as it sped north. One of the biggest storms on record to hit the Gulf Coast, Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend area on Thursday night as a Category 4 colossus with winds of up to 140 mph before weakening to Category 1.