Is your electricity out? How to check Manatee power outage maps during Hurricane Helene
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Hurricane Helene 2024
Hurricane Helene is projected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and possible floods to Manatee County and Florida’s Big Bend region. Forecasts, as of September 25, project Helene will strike Florida Thursday evening, September 26, and head north through parts of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina into Friday.
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Electricity providers expect Hurricane Helene to cause power outages in Manatee County and Southwest Florida as the storm impacts the Gulf Coast this week.
Cell service could go down, too.
There are multiple resources for Manatee residents to check power and cell phone outages.
Check power outages in Bradenton
Florida Power & Light and Peace River Electric Cooperative are Manatee County’s electricity providers. Both providers have online maps that show local outages in real-time. The maps also show how widespread the outage is and when the power might return.
Affected areas are labeled on the maps, which can be clicked on to find out more information such as the cause, how many customers were impacted and estimated restoration time.
FPL services more than 210,000 in Manatee County, while Peace River has about 46,000 customers.
To check FPL’s outage map, visit www.FPLMaps.com, and to check Peace River’s outage map, visit Members.PRECO.CoOP/maps/outagewebmap/.
Downed power lines can be reported to FPL at 1-866-263-9186.
Check cell phone outages in Bradenton
Go to CellMapper.net to find the nearest cell tower to see if that tower is down. Just add your service provider name from the pop-up window first.
This story was originally published September 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM.
