{"id":20463,"date":"2024-10-01T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20463"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:41:36","slug":"power-restored-to-2-3-million-florida-homes-after-hurricane-helene-damage","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/power-restored-to-2-3-million-florida-homes-after-hurricane-helene-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Power restored to 2.3 million Florida homes after Hurricane Helene damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Florida homes that lost power due to Hurricane Helene have now had power restored, said Governor Ron DeSantis Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The governor gave that update during a press conference on the state\u2019s recovery efforts at Dixie County\u2019s Horseshoe Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow since the storm, we had power restored to 2.35 million customers. There are now 49,000 that are still outstanding,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor touted various state agencies and the work of utility crews for the progress made in restoring power. With things going so well in Florida, DeSantis said he\u2019s now prepared to share resources with other states to help them recover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have sent rescue operations and rescue assets to western North Carolina to help with that. It&#8217;s a dicey situation there. We want to be able to get people to safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida National Guard and State Guard will be sent to help in those areas. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20464,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Power restored to 2.3 million Florida homes after Hurricane Helene damage - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/power-restored-to-2-3-million-florida-homes-after-hurricane-helene-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Power restored to 2.3 million Florida homes after Hurricane Helene damage - 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