Fox News typo claims Florence knocked out power to more people than live in the entire U.S.

By Matt Collins Article may include affiliate links

During its coverage of Hurricane Florence, Friday, Sept. 14, Fox News claimed that “500 million” in North Carolina were without power due to the storm — which is higher than entire population of the United States.

• The lower third banner appeared shortly after noon eastern at the top of “Outnumbered.”
• The text was likely meant to read “500,000” but a typographic error ballooned the number to 500 million.
• The entire U.S. population is approximately 325.7 million, while North Carolina’s is 10.27 million.
• If Fox News’ number was accurate (it wasn’t), it would mean the entire country was without power — plus another 174 million people.