Affected customers say their phones are in SOS mode. It comes as the carrier is also battling outages in the Southeast due to Hurricane Helene.

More than half of the people reporting issues on DownDetector.com said there are problems with their mobile phones. One-third are without a signal, and 14% are experiencing a total blackout. The outage map shows concentrated reports of problems in New York, Atlanta, Central Florida, and many other locations, including Metro Detroit.

Check out our live blog coverage on the Verizon outage for more up-to-date details on the major cellular network issue. Verizon customers across the country have reported a network outage that has left their phone stuck in SOS mode.