HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Some residents across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are still without power Friday morning after strong storms rolled through the area Thursday night.
Some neighbors even experienced lightning strikes that set two homes on fire. One in Valrico, and another home in South Tampa.
As of 6:45 p.m. Friday, Tampa Electric is reporting 102 outages for its customers. Duke Energy is reporting more than 7 customers are without power in Pinellas County.
At one point Thursday evening, nearly 11,200 TECO customers were without power. Earlier Friday morning, more than 2,000 Duke Energy customers didn't have power.
TECO has a live interactive map that is updated every five minutes to show outages in the area. Duke Energy also has a map for customers to check.
If you are experiencing a power outage and would like to report it, click here. TECO says while there is an outage, it's important to turn off all electric appliances.