Hurricane Helene made landfall at 03:10 GMT on Thursday night 23:10 Eastern Standard Time with maximum sustained winds at 225 kilometers per hour 140 miles per hour.
As a category four storm it was powerful to hit the State Big Bend region Few hours later at about 06:40 GMT authorities downgraded the hurricane to category one but warned that heavy rainfall and strong damaging winds still posed a mega threat.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has urged students to remain indoors and avoid roadways as mega storm surge from Helene floods like streets and make threatful scenario.
Fallen trees make power line down across the state and 6:40 GMT 1.3 million people in Florida without power.
Florida has population of 22 million people
The weather service warned people to treat the strong winds like a tornado is coming move to an inside room.
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200 miles separate Key West and Parkland.
One dates back centuries while other is 50 years old. One holds itself up to be model of modern suburban living.
In South Florida the dividing line between 2 more people moving in and those leaving is Broward Miami Dade county line.
North of that in Palm Beach counties and Broward the population increase.
South in Miami Dade and Monroe counties more people moved out.
The rapid growing city in Florida with 20,000 resident between 2020 and 2023 was Haines City. Heart of Florida is what it says on city seal.
Central Maine Power Consumer will save more than initially thought in 2024
It seems that Central Maine Power customers will save even more in 2024 than we thought. In recent past the Maine Public Utilities Commission announced that they approve the cost of electricity in CMP standard offer. For the first occassion in few years that amount had decreased. The new rate is about 35% less than in 2023.