Moore County, North Carolina, has declared a state of emergency as power outages continue after a "deliberate" attack over the weekend in which gunfire damaged two substations.
The attack left roughly 45,000 people without power in North Carolina.
Under the state of emergency, a curfew is in place from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. each night, and residents of the county are encouraged to conserve fuel.
About 38,000 remain without power, and Brooks said that it's likely full restoration won't happen until Wednesday or Thursday.
The outage has also rendered wastewater pumps in the area out of order, and schools in the county have been closed.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is also looking into the attack.
On Monday afternoon, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper called the attack a "criminal act" in a press conference. »