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A KwaZulu-Natal dairy farmer lost 12,000 litres of milk after it turned sour due to load-shedding.

Crews for utilities in New Hampshire and Maine continued their work 24/7 into Christmas Day to restore power from Friday's gusty winds.

Road, and it had been broken up in the mid of the storm. so people were not able to access it by road. so people have been getting over here by boat. we've seen helps coming in. and there are still helicopters on the scene here. this is a parking lot for a grocery store, and you can see on the grass, in front of it, two choppers right there, and up the road from us, we saw a helicopter as well, that was landing in the middle of the street, we spoke with the cajun navy about the challenges they're facing right now, here's part of what they told us. >> driving around talking to residents, what a...

Is the worst over, and what have been the lasting effects so far? >> so right before i came on-air with you, i just received the initial damage assessment reports that our city personnel have been out doing, and, you know, it seems like we fared out pretty well. there's obviously some damages to properties alongside our beach side community. the closer you get to the ocean, the more severe the damage is. inland we were able to escape the majority of the problems. there were some power issues, utility issues. but for the most part the majority of myrtle beach survived pretty well, i thought. >>...

Go ahead and stay off the roads, to also listen to their local officials. they would be the ones to make a determination whether someone needed to evacuate an area. >> now, earlier i spoke about the impact of the storm with myrtle beach emergency management director. i asked him about the damage he's seen so far and if the worst is no over. >> you know, it seems like we fared out pretty well. there's obviously some damaged to properties alongside our beach side community. the closer you get to the ocean, the more severe the damage is. inland we were able to escape the majority of the problems....