Dive Summary:
- Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has seen almost 300,000 outages for its customers in the two days since the start of the storm; nearly 80% of these customers were restored within six hours and more than 50% were restored within two hours.
- While completing restoration in storm-damaged areas, FPL will redirect crews to areas where power has been affected.
- Tropical storm Isaac has sent storm-force winds and torrential rains more than 300 miles from its center and continues to cause outages throughout FPL’s service territory.
From the article:
FPL has more than 6,000 field workers deployed to restore power for customers affected by Tropical Storm Isaac. About 4,300 of these workers are concentrated in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, the hardest hit by Isaac's high winds and torrential rains.
Tropical Storm Isaac continues to cause outages throughout FPL's service territory. ...