TAMPA, Fla. — Strong storms moved across Tampa Bay on Monday, dumping inches of rain in some areas.
Hundreds in Pinellas County were left without power while dozens of others in Hillsborough County faced road closures due to flooding.
Flooding shut down Hanley Road north of Hillsborough Avenue in Town N' Country. Multiple cars stalled out in the water while Hillsborough County deputies were diverting traffic to keep others from driving through.
There was also heavy flooding in parts of St. Petersburg along 4th Street North near 38th Avenue North, and Shore Acres Boulevard and along Dr. M.L.K. Jr Street N near 62nd Avenue N.
Power outages across Tampa Bay
As of 11 p.m., there were 567 Duke Energy customers without power in Pinellas County, with more than 400 of those outages happening in the area of Lake Judy Lee Drive in Largo.
According to Duke Energy, some of those outages were caused by lightning while others were caused by tree limbs falling and equipment going offline during the storm.
TECO had 61 outages as of 11 p.m. also due to tree limbs falling on power lines.
As of 11 p.m., FPL had 74 outages in Sarasota County and 12 outages in Manatee County.