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Storm knocks out power to thousands of FPL customers in South Florida

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Posted at 3:43 PM, Apr 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-11 18:48:41-04

Strong storms are causing power outages for many customers across South Florida.

According to FPL's Power Tracker, as of 6:48 p.m. 17,713 customers in Palm Beach County were dealing with a power outage, 3,038 customers in St. Lucie County, 331 customers in Okeechobee County, 126 customers in Indian River County and 5,317 are affected in Martin County.

Earlier in the day there were more than 32,000 customers without power in Palm Beach County alone.