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Tropical Depression 12 is expected to dissipate by Friday night, but a new tropical depression is expected to form in the Caribbean over the next several days.
Since 2017, when Oklahoma City-based Mammoth Energy Services was contracted to help rebuild the energy grid in Puerto Rico, all but wiped out by Hurricane Maria, the company has been called on to respond to 17 other natural disasters involving major disruptions of power.
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Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida, where officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate before it crashes ashore Wednesday.
Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, rushed in emergency personnel and took steps to protect crops in Cuba's main tobacco-growing region.