After the storm: Hurricane Milton power outage update

  • By Laura Lyon
  • | 9:20 a.m. October 18, 2024
Duke Energy builds base camps and staging sites to house crews and equipment prior to hurricanes.
Duke Energy builds base camps and staging sites to house crews and equipment prior to hurricanes.
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When Hurricane Milton made landfall on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 9, millions of people lost access to power and water. At one point, 3.2 million had lost power in the state, and 1.7 million of them were on the Gulf Coast. 

 

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