TAMPA, Fla. — In the wake of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, nearly 2.5 million people across Florida lost power. Utility crews are slowly restoring power across the Tampa Bay area.
As of 11:15 p.m. Tuesday:
- Duke Energy is reporting: 20,819 customers are without power
- Tampa Electric (TECO) is reporting: 61,421 customers without 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.
Duke Energy released a timeline of when they expect power to be restored.
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 around 234 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Hernando County
There are around 40 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Highlands County
There are around 120 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Hillsborough County
There are around 56,370 outages in the county, according to poweroutage.us.
Pasco County
There are around 5,014 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Pinellas County
There are around 17,562 outages in the county, according to poweroutage.us.
Polk County
There are around 1,592 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Manatee County
There are about 1,354 outages, according to poweroutage.us.
Sarasota County
There are about 3,230 outages, according to poweroutage.us.