Over 12,000 Central Florida customers lose power after lightning strikes transmission system
Over 12,000 Central Florida residents were left in the dark Tuesday night after intense thunderstorms boomed through the area.At around 7:30 p.m. r...
Over 12,000 Central Florida residents were left in the dark Tuesday night after intense thunderstorms boomed through the area.At around 7:30 p.m. residents in Leesburg and Fruitland experienced power outages after a lightning strike caused a fire to the Duke Energy east power substation on U.S. 441, the City of Leesburg said in a statement.The damages left 12,600 residents without power, Leesburg said.At around 10 p.m. Leesburg reported two of its three impacted stations were repaired and some residents had power restored.