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Things that we can do, and well take learnings from this. >> reporter: as temperatures dip into the low 40s, for many, this grocery, one of the few with power is the only refuge. >> its cold, and i come over here a couple of times a day to get some hot good. >> reporter: just to get warm. >> yeah. >> reporter: we have no heat, we have no cooking facilities. >> reporter: how are you getting by? >> barely. >> reporter: and willie, of course were seeing different spots around the area, just like th...

>> reporter: schools closed, hospitals running on generator power. authorities searching for a motive say a suspicious facebook post fueled speculation that the attack could have been linked to an effort to stop this drag queen performance being held at a nearby theater saturday. but the post turned out to be false. still, sheriff fields telling me theyre not ruling anything out. >> is it possible? yes, anything is possible. >> reporter: extremists have been calling for attacks on the power grid...

Leading us off tonight, shes in pinehurst, north carolina. >> reporter: with an army of bucket trucks racing to restore power, tonight, federal, state, and local authorities in moore county, north carolina, are hunting for suspects, after what theyre calling an "intentional, willful, and malicious" attack on the power supply. >> early evidence suggests that it was deliberate and the investigation is underway. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect or suspects drove up to two power substations ...

Good evening and its great to start another week with all of you at moment. we begin tonight with federal investigators now on the scene tonight after an extraordinary act of sabotage in north carolina. authorities calling it a malicious attack, plunging tens of thousands into the dark and cold, no power, no water. sptr suspects, quote, knewyri te exactly what they were doing. tonight, crews at those substations racing to repair the damage. much of the equipment needs to be replaced and were tol...

Understanding that some power has been restored tonight? >> reporter: david, power has been restored to about 7,000 households, but that still leaves more than 30,000 in the dark. officials are hoping to have all power restored by thursday. until then, a curfew is in effect from 9:00 p.m. at night until 5:00 in the morning. authorities also encouraging the public to send in tips. david? >> mona kosar abdi leading us off tonight. mona, thank you. we turn now to georgia tonight. election day, of...

The Russian-speaking cybercriminals are behind ransomware attacks targeting Montenegro and California's motor vehicle agency.

There have not been rockets impacting kyiv today, but thats not true in the rest of the country. in the south, it was a bombardment early this morning the likes of which we saw here in the last 48 hours. we have had sirens here, and i can tell you people are taking them much more seriously now because of what happened in the last 48 hours. add to that this is now a country thats facing a bit of an energy crisis. about 30% of the energy grid was damaged in the 48-hour barrage that the russians un...

We have footage to share of what you went through. i imagine seeing footage from other parts of this area, you probably consider yourself lucky. >> yeah, we do. i think the biggest issue is water around here. some of the places are on generator power, but most without water and electricity. at this point the water becomes so critical. where we were at a high-rise on the river front here in fort myers, we were on the 27th floor, our first floor got completely flooded out. cars were floating out. ...

Time and we are without power. of course, our city facilities have generator power. i came home for a few hours. im in my home now without power or water, so ive made it the best i could hear, but like i said, its not going to be a quick recovery as at the end of yesterday there was some 280,000 customers who were without power, and a significant ma amount of customers in the city will be without water for the next couple of days. itll be a challenging time, but the resources from our partners i...