Milton’s Florida Power Outages Were Made Worse by Helene Damage

The power was out for more than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida on Thursday morning after the destruction from Hurricane Milton. Local utilities say that the blackouts were made worse by the fact the storm came on the heels of damage from Hurricane Helene, which struck the state’s west coast just two weeks ago.

Duke Energy Florida reported that roughly 850,000 of its customers were without electricity on Thursday morning. Lingering storm damage, such as loose branches that could still fall into power lines, as well as people returning to their homes and businesses and reporting blackouts will ...