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Really good progress, i think, in terms of the restoration of power. at the height of the storm we had about 2.1 million customers fpl customers out of power. we've restored 1.4 million customers the good news, just a while ago, we went to 700,000 without power. obviously, we still have work to do in west counties. that's where the focus is at the moment. and we're not going to stop until we get every single customer's power back on. >> walk us through some of the challenges that you face as this effort gets under way. because it is a complex job, right? >> it is a complex job. you know, i thi...

Get their power back, all of them. >> i know that the very anticipated question for the folks who don't have power. we're working around the clock. we brought in 3,000 workers from other states, as far away as oklahoma and indiana. we are working as fast and quick and as safely as we can to get folks' power back on. we have estimates on when we can get the last customers restored. >> we're talking days, weeks, do we know? >> yeah, so days, not weeks. luckily for us, it's sort of restoration. >> a spokesperson for tampa electric, sherry jacobs, thank you very much. willie. >> it's not just flor...

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Structures held even in almost a category five storm. that's a good sign because then we can concentrate on getting into those communities that are water logged right now, where we've seen the flood damage and after we do that, we'll be able to assess how long it's going to take to get those customers' power back on. >> and so in those areas as you describe water logged, are the grids destroyed or what do we know? >> you know, some certainly have serious water damage. that's what the assessments were doing right now are telling us. we have had our drone teams out over the last day, and we'll d...

Without power. in the last 24 hours, we have restored 100,000 of our customers. >> and what's been the damage to infrastructure. what's the most challenging part in terms of getting everyone back online, everyone's power back, some areas are going to need a little bit more of just getting the power back on perhaps infrastructure being rebuilt. >> so comparatively to our friends in the south, we were so lucky. the original track of the storm had a big bulls eye on the tampa bay area. it did turn south. our damage comparatively is not as bad as expected. some areas with localized flooding. our i...