More than 4,000 Duke Energy Progress customers without power

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Thousands of Duke Energy Progress customers are without power this morning.

According to the Duke Energy Progress website 4,000 people are without power around Wilmington and Brunswick County as of 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

It says the outage was caused by damage to their transmission lines.

The website says power should be restored by 9:30 a.m. this morning.