Thunderstorms

Feb 16, 2025. At the peak, 843,710 customers were without power, most of them in Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

Thunderstorms

Customers out at the peak 843,710 Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 PM

Customer-hours lost 16M Every customer out, times every hour out

Counties with 10%+ out 230 of 543 counties affected

Above 600,000 out nationally 17 hours Feb 16, 2025, 5:00 AM onward

States affected 33 GA · VA · PA · AL · MD

Hardest-hit county 100%out Coosa, AL · 4,170 customers

Hour by hour

The country, in the dark

Customers without power across the US, two days either side. The shaded band is the time the national total stayed above 600,000.

By state

State	Peak out	Share	Counties 10%+
Georgia	351,447	10%	29
Virginia	261,226	8%	45
Pennsylvania	224,267	6%	8
Alabama	221,162	11%	31
Maryland	158,018	7%	6
Mississippi	102,560	13%	29
North Carolina	96,920	3%	6
West Virginia	91,371	14%	25
New Jersey	85,397	5%	0
Tennessee	69,483	4%	3
New York	64,966	5%	3
Kentucky	56,520	11%	18
Louisiana	53,797	6%	11
Connecticut	48,606	3%	0
South Carolina	25,191	3%	3
Massachusetts	16,597	3%	0
Ohio	9,615	3%	1
Florida	8,417	4%	2
Illinois	6,675	15%	3
Wisconsin	6,159	9%	2

State peaks add each county's own peak, which may fall at different hours, so they can exceed the true simultaneous total.

By county