Hurricane Helene power outages leave millions in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored

By: Chuanyi Ji, Associate Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott C. Ganz, Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, Georgetown University Hurricane Helene cut power to more than 4 million homes and businesses as it moved across the Southeast after hitting Florida’s Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, 2024. As Helene’s rains […]