TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Over 280,000 Floridians are without power after Nicole made landfall as a hurricane early Thursday morning.
According to PowerOutage.us, a site that aggregates outages from utility companies across the state, just over 280,000 customers are without power across Florida.
Outages were mostly concentrated along Florida’s east coast on Thursday morning, but have since extended hundreds of miles north of where the storm made landfall and west into central Florida.
Tampa Bay area counties are beginning to see power restored now that Nicole has moved through and utility crews can work safely.
Citrus County
173 are without power in Citrus County, accounting for approximately 0.1% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 300 |
| SECO Energy | 24 |
| Withlacoochee River Electric Coop | 41 |
Hernando County
40 are without power in Hernando County, accounting for approximately 0.04% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 7 |
| SECO Energy | — |
| Withlacoochee River Electric Coop | 35 |
Pasco County
1,528 are without power in Pasco County, accounting for approximately 0.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 383 |
| Tampa Electric Company | 330 |
| Withlacoochee River Electric Coop | 12 |
Hillsborough County
3,336 are without power in Hillsborough County, accounting for approximately 0.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Tampa Electric Company | 3,226 |
| Peace River Electric Coop | — |
Pinellas County
8,616 are without power in Pinellas County, accounting for approximately 1.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 5,920 |
| Tampa Electric Company | 4 |
Polk County
437 are without power in Polk County, accounting for approximately 0.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Tampa Electric Company | 1 |
| Peace River Electric Coop | — |
| Duke Energy | 148 |
| Lakeland Electric | — |
| Withlacoochee River Electric Coop | — |
Manatee County
2,150 are without power in Manatee County, accounting for approximately 1% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Company | 1,320 |
| Peace River Electric Coop | 1 |
Sarasota County
7,340 are without power in Sarasota County, accounting for approximately 2.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Florida Power & Light Company | 890 |
Hardee County
48 are without power in Hardee County, accounting for approximately 0.5% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Peace River Electric Coop | — |
Highlands County
36 are without power in Highlands County, accounting for approximately 0.05% of customers.
| Provider | Customers Out |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 19 |
| Florida Power & Light Company | 20 |
| Glades Electric Cooperative | 1 |
| Peace River Electric Coop | — |
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