More than 140,000 homes and businesses were without power in Florida on Wednesday as Category 3 hurricane Idalia slammed the state, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
in 28 of Florida's 67 counties as of late Tuesday. Most of the state and parts of Georgia and South Carolina are under storm warnings or advisories.with over 40,000 customers without power, followed by Florida Power & Light Company at more than 16,000.
Tampa Electric on Tuesday said about 3,000 people, including line crews, tree trimmers and damage assessors, are traveling to Florida to help restore power after the storm passes.Reporting by Brijesh Patel and Anushree Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter
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