A line of strong storms sweeping across North Carolina has left hundreds of thousands of Duke Progress Energy customers without power.

Jeff Brooks, a Duke Energy grid specialist, said in a social media post that over 200,000 customers in the state had lost power just before 7 p.m.

A Duke Energy outage map showed more than 220,000 customers without power across the state, with the majority of outages stretching from Charlotte to the Triangle. The company said 3,200 outages had been reported as of 7:45 p.m.

To report an outage to Duke Energy, call 800-419-6356.