In three instances since Monday, May 5, a snake came into contact with equipment in a substation, Duke Energy spokesperson ...

Before the Wayne County outage-by-snake Sunday night, snakes crawled into electrical areas and shorted out equipment, in two ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Last week, two separate incidents where a snake snuck into a Duke Energy substation caused power outages in ...

Over the past week, thousands of people in North Carolina have lost power because of issues caused by a snake.

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — More than 10 percent of Duke Energy customers in Wayne County were without power on Sunday night after a snake got into equipment and triggered the outage, officials said.

The dangers of snakes usually come from getting too close and chancing a bite. But this week it is the reptiles as aggressors, knocking out power in Durham and Rolesville.

Over 10,000 people in North Carolina lost power earlier this week due to an unexpected culprit - a snake. The outage began ...