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Nearly 54,000 homes, businesses still without power in Florida's Panhandle four days after Isaias left 6 dead

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM · 1 min read
Nearly 54,000 homes, businesses still without power in Florida's Panhandle four days after Isaias left 6 dead — CBS Miami, Weston Health news
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Florida's western Panhandle is still recovering four days after Hurricane Isaias swept through the area as a Category 2 storm.Nearly 54,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity Tuesday afternoon, and state and local emergency personnel were still working to clear smaller local roads and remove debris from residential areas.About 450,000 residences and businesses were without power after the initial surge from Isaias, and 16,000 linemen have helped to reconnect them. Most of the remaining customers without power are in Escambia (23,380) and Santa Rosa (24,240) counties.Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said that while some areas hardest hit by Isaias, including Santa Rosa County, aren't able to safely receive power, all areas that can be reconnected to the grid should be by the end of the day."The utilities tell us there's some that are just going to come back on as they work through today. Some of the (local electric utility cooperatives) have some more loose ends; they're goin

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