Authorities said Sunday that power may not be restored until Monday or Tuesday in a central North Carolina county that experienced a widespread outage that is being investigated as a crime.
The extended power outage will be because the power cannot be rerouted like it is during a storm and the equipment will have to be repaired or even replaced, Brooks said. There will be a curfew starting at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Fields said. Schools will be closed on Monday. Moore County residents began to report power outages around 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to the sheriff's office.