60% without power in Manatee County as recovery efforts from Hurricane Milton continue

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It’s been over a day since Hurricane Milton slammed into the Gulf Coast, wreaking havoc throughout the state, and over 60% of Manatee County is still without power.

As of 7 a.m. Friday, more than 155,000 power company customers in Manatee County were experiencing outages, according to Find Energy. In Sarasota County, nearly 140,000 customers were without power Friday morning, or about 46 percent of the county.

On Thursday morning, around 80% of Manatee County was without power.

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In Manatee County, over 138,000 of those affected are customers of Florida Power and Light, while the remainder are served by Peace River Electric.

FPL has around 17,000 workers from over 40 states stationed to assist with restoration.

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