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Curfews Issued In South Florida Cities

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

Local governments are now issuing curfews across South Florida. Here is the current list of curfews: Broward County: 4:00 p.m. – Until Further Notice Coral Springs: 8:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. City of Fort Lauderdale: 4:00 p.m. – Until Further…

FL Utility Expecting 4.1M Customers To Lose Power; ‘Unprecedented For Us And Probably Any Utility’

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

Florida Power & Light expecting 4.1 million customers to be affected by power outages during Hurricane Irma. That’s about 9 million people. “That would be unprecedented for us and probably any utility,” said FPL CEO Eric Silagy Friday. Silagy held…

Hurricane Irma to track toward US; Residents of East and Gulf coasts urged to prepare now

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

As Major Hurricane Irma churns across the western Atlantic and towards the United States, residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. Category 5 Hurricane Irma will blast the northern Caribbean with flooding…