Power Restored To Many In Asheville, Including To BPR

BPR News | By Matt Bush

Published August 8, 2018 at 4:25 PM EDT

Thousands of customers were without power in Asheville following a short but powerful storm that passed through the city Wednesday afternoon. Blue Ridge Public Radio lost power around 2:50 p.m, but it was restored around 5. At the height of the storm, more than 20-thousand Duke Energy customers were without power in the immediate Asheville area. By 6:30 Wednesday evening, that number was down to about a thousand.

More storms passed through the area Wednesday evening, and rain remains in the forecast for the end of the week in Western North Carolina. There is a 60% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.

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