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More than 80 storm-related deaths have been confirmed since Ian crashed ashore Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (240 km per hour).
On Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgraded Ian to a post-tropical cyclone.
In Florida, the utility with the most outages was Florida Power & Light Co (FPL), a unit of Florida energy company NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE).
Major outages by utility:
Power Company State/Pro Out Now Customers Served
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NextEra – FPL FL 378,231 5,280,000
Lee County Electric Co-op FL 194,742 238,000
Duke – Florida FL 33,314 1,766,000
Emera – Tampa Electric FL 7,097 800,000
Peace River Electric Coop FL 4,485 269,000
Lakeland Electric FL 4,328 133,500
Glades Electric Co-op FL 3,319 17,000
Total Out 628,285
Source: PowerOutage.us
