South Carolina was the worst-affected state, with 1,089,535 outages recorded as of early Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us, a service that tracks disruptions. In South Carolina's Greenville County alone, 258,688 outages were recorded.

Helene, which was downgraded to a tropical depression Friday afternoon, hit Georgia after making landfall in Florida.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend but has now weakened to a tropical storm. Follow power outages in the state here.