TAMPA, Fla. — As Hurricane Helene heads towards landfall, its impacts are being felt by the Tampa Bay region resulting in some residents losing power.
Residents can report power outages, downed power lines, or other safety concerns in numerous ways, including calling (877) 588-1010, on the TECO Outage Map, and texting "OUT" to 27079.
Residents can also report fallen trees, traffic light outages, street flooding, and storm debris in the right of way by calling (813) 274-3101 or using the office's Resident Damage Self-Reporting Form by clicking here.
Here's a county-by-county look at the outages affecting residents:
Citrus County
There are 42 outages reported at this time.
Hernando County
There are a reported 155 outages at this time.
Hillsborough County
There are just less than 15,000 outages reported in Hillsborough County as of this writing.
TECO's outage map shows showing the most affected areas are near Pat Acres, Copperfield Townhome, Twelve Oaks and Oak Trail with roughly 3,000 outages combined.
Pasco County
The entire county has 2,644 outages as of this writing.
811 outages are being reported in the area of Zephyrhills, according to Duke Energy.
Pinellas County
There are currently over 14,000 total outages being reported in Pinellas County with the majority being in St. Pete with roughly 8,000.
Polk County
There are 1,382 outages as of this writing.
Manatee County
There are over 21,000 outages as of this writing.
Sarasota County
There are over 27,000 outages reported at this time.
Overall power outages are from poweroutage.us.