Over 435,000 people in Florida still without power a week after Hurricane Ian

More than 435,000 people were without power in Florida on Tuesday morning, nearly a week after Hurricane Ian made landfall.

According to PowerOutage. There were 434,740 customers without power in the Sunshine State at around 10 a.m. This comes after utility companies have worked around the clock to get the lights back on, although Florida Power Light CEO Eric Silagy said last weekend that some homes and businesses wouldn't be able to receive power even when it is restored.

In a Monday morning briefing, the Florida Department of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie thanked the 43,000 linemen that restored power for more than 2 million residents.

He said that nearly 621,000 remain without power, and rest assured they are working hard to get those lights back on.

While Guthrie said those who could receive power should have restoration done by Sunday, not including areas catastrophically hit Florida Power Light predicted that restoration after the hurricane would be completed on Friday.

The company expects to complete restoration to 95% of customers who are without power after making significant progress.

The FPL's workforce of more than 21,000 men and women, including mutual assistance from 30 states, has completed restoration in several areas of the state, allowing the company to redirect more crews and equipment to the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida and Volusia County, it said in a release.

More than 80% of the affected customers were restored by Monday.

Silagy said that the goal of restoring our restoration will allow us to free up resources to help others in the state. We will not stop until everyone's power is restored after our workforce has energized the majority of main power lines, the arteries of the electrical system we are fanning out into communities and neighborhoods. Gov. gave a Monday night update. Ron DeSantis called on the Lee County Electric Cooperative to use additional mutual aid to speed up power restoration efforts in the hard-hit county.

The Florida electric co-op has been in close partnership with the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association since then and the governor noted that more than 1,000 linemen are mobilizing to help the Lee County Electric Co-Op.

The Lee County Co-Op moved its timeline to Oct. 8 for all impacted areas, excluding Pine Island and Sanibel.

Duke Energy has also shifted resources to Lee County, as well as other companies, as it finishes in other areas of the state.

Dominion Energy continues to restore power in South Carolina after a peak of 110,000 outages due to Hurricane Ian damage.