Area electric utility companies track outages during Hurricane Milton

Truck are lined up at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds at dawn Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as Florida Power & Light coordinated efforts to restore power to residents after Hurricane Helene.
Truck are lined up at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds at dawn Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as Florida Power & Light coordinated efforts to restore power to residents after Hurricane Helene.
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When Hurricane Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands along Florida's Gulf Coast.

As of 6:30 a.m., approximately 1.7 million customers in the region are experiencing outages, out of 3.2 million without power around the state.

Milton downgraded to a Category 1 storm as it finished its trek to the west coast. 

 

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