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life-threatening storm surge. we just learned the updated storm surge projections for those areas is now staggers. it is now 12 to 18 feet. that is the warning. already more than 16 on,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. more than 2.5 million people are under an erag ways order or warning. governor desantis said residents in the cross hairs need to shelter in place, because it is too late to leave. >> if you are in any of those counties, it's no longer possible to safely evacuate. it's time to hunker down and prepare for this storm. this is a powerful storm...

and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you're starting to see power outages, but you'll see way more over the next 48 hours. you'll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to pro...

Challenges ahead. we will share or work and processes for storm procedures, so that everybody isboarded and ready to go. they will fan out across the state and be positioned at 37 work bases that are currently close to the areas that will be most highly impacted. they will work around the clock under power is restored for everybody as quickly and as safely as possible. it won't be easy. we will anticipate many downed trees and debris, perhaps tornado damage, and in many areas, flooding conditions throughout our service territory, but these men and women will work extended hours, 16-hour days i...

We have assembled a restoration workforce of 19,000. that includes fpl employees, contractors, and men and women for partner utilities from around the country. there are more than 30 states represented here today. we have line workers who traveled in at this site from as far as texas and oklahoma, minnesota, and north dakota. all to help florida respond to this challenge. now they are here to return the favor. we're very grateful for them for that. here at the processing site, these men and women will be briefed on the restoration challenges ahead. we will share our work and processes for stor...

0 do on normal types of storms. and then having major structural damage to the underlying electrical infra structure. when you have a category 5 storm hitting potentially and massive storm surge, that is going to interrupt, most likely, a lot of the underlying infra structure. when fpl and other companies are going in, some of those tasks are going to be -- you'll have to rebuild some of this stuff. so the folks in those affected areas should just understand that if it's as simple as simply just hooking up a few more power lines that's what they will do. in those areas that will have the most ...