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Hurricane Milton: Hydro One sending 150 crew members to Florida

Hurricane Milton is approaching Florida’s west coast as a powerful Category 4 storm, and Hydro One says 150 of its crew members will be in the state to restore electricity taken out in its wake.

Milton is expected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning and the Ontario-based power company said the employees are on their way.

“While many of us prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, 150 team members will be away from their families, in position to restore power safely once Hurricane Milton has passed alongside crews from Florida Power and Light,” the company said in a news release Wednesday morning.

Hydro One said 100 of those team members are already in the southern U.S., assisting Georgia Power restore electricity following Hurricane Helene, which the company estimates left 650,000 without power in that state.

The additional 50 Hydro One employees being sent to Florida are forestry workers, the company said, and are currently on their way.

Hydro One said the deployment is made possible as part of reciprocal agreements made within the North Atlantic Mutual Assistance Group, where utility companies can provide assistance during “significant” power outages.

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