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Thousands Without Power As Hurricane Matthew Moves Through

FPL trucks
Associated Press
Power crews with Pike Electric from across the United States prepare their trucks in Pembroke Pines to respond to power outages.

More than 10,000 customers in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties remained in the dark Thursday afternoon as Hurricane Matthew's outerbands whipped through the region, according to Florida Power & Light.

In Miami-Dade, 7,440 customers were without power, as of the power company's last update at 2 p.m. In Broward 1,720 customers lost power — down from more than 4,000 and in Palm Beach, 1,320 were without power.

By 2 p.m., thousands of people had already had their power restored, according to FPL. 

Emergency crews in all three counties were on standby to restore power as soon as it is safe, FPL said. Crews will restore power as long as winds are less than 35 miles per hour.

In Broward alone, 1,400 workers were deployed.

The company warned that 2.5 million customers in Central and North Florida could lose power as the Category 4 storm pummels the east coast.

Read more about this story at our news partner, the Miami Herald

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