Florida experienced a huge power failure today, with conflicting stories coming out on what caused the problem and how many people were affected by it.
Some of the reasons for the conflict were because information was released from different agencies who had conflicting data.
It seems at this time the number of people impacted by the power failure was around 800,000. The larger numbers of over 4 million were probably assumed because Florida Power & Light serves that many people within the particular grids, but are not necessarily experiencing the failure.
Most of the power is expected to be restored by between 6 to 7 p.m. EST.
Some news sources also reported the failure came from nuclear power plant failures, but reports are they shut down because of the failure, not initiated it.
Related coverage:
FPL restoring power after major Florida outage
Florida Power & Light said Tuesday it expects to have electricity restored "within about two hours" to most of the 800,000 customers that lost service in a widespread outage along the state's southeast seaboard.
"The system is being restored in a systematic process to ensure its safe operation at all times," the company said in a statement.
The lights went out around 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time across a wide swath of southeast Florida stretching from parts of Miami to Daytona.
No evidence Florida Power outage is related to Terrorism
There is no indication that the power outages in Florida were the result of a terror attack, said Russ Knocke, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
South Florida power outage spreads to Volusia
Volusia County was caught up in a massive, statewide power outage today after Florida Power & Light shut down a nuclear reactor near Miami for "safety reasons." More than 700,00 people statewide were without power at one point but that number dropped to 200,000 by 2:30 p.m., FPL officials said.
Main power generator fails; power outages reach DeLand, Deltona
The Volusia County manager's office has reported that a nuclear-reactor failure in South Florida is causing ripple effects throughout the power grid in Florida.
Officials said the situation was apparently not weather-related.
Some of the outages are in DeLand, Deltona and Daytona Beach. DeLand High School has been without power since about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. It was not known whether the schools' power outage was related to the grid failure.
Florida Power & Light Shuts Down Feeder Lines Throughout State
Daytona Beach officials reported receiving notice from Florida Power & Light that the company had experienced "major power failures" at one of its generators, and was shutting down feeder lines throughout the state.
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