Power outages across North Carolina from Zeta

A large tree limb, which snapped as Hurricane Zeta moved through New Orleans, rests on power lines in the city's Carrollton neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

RALEIGH – Over 459,000 are without power statewide as the tropical system known as Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday.

A Category 2 hurricane when it hit the southeastern Louisiana coast Wednesday, Zeta was still a tropical storm as late as Thursday morning.

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Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg and Iredell counties recorded the most outages as utility crews work to restore power across the state.

An interactive map is available from the N.C. Dept. of Public Safety’s ReadyNC website.