Power restored to hundreds in New Hanover County

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — For part of the afternoon, about 500 people were without power in New  Hanover County.

According to the Duke Energy Progress power outage map, nearly 300 were without power in the Windemere neighborhood off Long Leaf Acres Drive.

Nearly three dozen people were without power off Masonboro Loop Road.

In Carolina Beach, about 50 homes were without power off Dow Road. New Hanover County dispatch says there was a utility box sparking earlier on Ocean Boulevard that could be related to that outage.

As of 4:20 this afternoon, Duke Energy said power had been restored.