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More than 5,000 Santee Cooper customers without power due to storm

Thousands of people in the Myrtle Beach area are without power due to storms. 

Santee Cooper says 1,110 customers are impacted by power outages in the area near Coastal Grand Mall and Broadway at the Beach. 

About 2,536 customers are without power in the area near Prestwick Country Club and the Myrtle Beach State Park.

About 943 customers are without power in the area of U.S. Bypass and Palmetto Pointe Boulevard. 

About 586 customers are without power in the area near 707 and Big Block Road. 

Power is expected to be restored by 8:15 p.m., according to Santee Cooper’s outage map