some sparking, then darkness. they are reporting widespread power outages. let's go to tom for more on that problem. tom, where are the largest numbers and where are we seeing the most outages? >> as of this hour, florence has left more than half a million homes without power alone. thousands more in neighboring states, too, and that number could certainly grow, perhaps in a big way, as the rain and floods go on through the weekend. this map from the biggest power provider in north carolina, duke energy, shows almost every county was affected and some were hit particularly hard, left with almost no electricity. and new hanover county down here where wilmington is, more than 14 14,000 people affected. and in coren county, in the