Crews continue to make progress to restore power five days since Hurricane Irma.

It’s the largest power restoration effort ever for a single state.

DeLand Municipal Airport is operating as a base camp for utility workers.

Linemen are resting up before a long day ahead of them. This is where they sleep, eat and clean up, before heading out to restore power.

From here they’ll be dispatched to neighborhoods throughout Central Florida, hit hard by Hurricane Irma.

Duke Energy says 12,000 workers are helping them turn back the lights on at Central Florida homes and businesses. More than 7,000 of them are from out of state.

They’ve been working through the week, starting with restoring power to hospitals, police stations and other critical need areas first. Then they attack spots where there are a large number of outages, and work their way down.

It’s why some residents may be without power but everyone else in your neighborhood has it.

Two big utility companies in Central Florida, Duke and Florida Power and Light, both hope to restore power to all of their customers here by the end of the weekend.

Percentage of Customers without Power

  • Brevard 23% 
  • Flagler 25%
  • Lake 8% 
  • Marion 15%
  • Orange 8% 
  • Osceola 2% 
  • Seminole 12% 
  • Sumter 10%
  • Volusia 15% 

Duke Energy Power Outage Map



Florida Power and Light Power Outage Map



Ocala Power Outage Map

 



Orlando Utilities Commission Power Outage Map

 


 

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