Power restored after storms strike Ramseur area

RAMSEUR – More than 1,000 power outages were reported in Randolph County after severe thunderstorms rolled through late Saturday afternoon.

The hardest hit area was in Ramseur, where the total outages exceeded 950.

By Sunday afternoon, there were no outages in the county listed on Duke Energy’s “Outages in the Carolinas” map.

Flood advisories were also issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Randolph County stemming from the line of storms.

Locations in Guilford County and Alamance County also reported power outages.

By Randolph Record