Officials said that as of Monday, more than 2,350 people had been rescued throughout the state.
NBC 6's Phil Prazan has the latest as questions arose surrounding Lee County's delayed evacuation response for Hurricane Ian
In a news conference Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the affected bridge would be patched up this week to get residents back to some normalcy.In the news conference, the governor added that during his visit to Pine Island Tuesday he brought over lineman to begin the work on restoring power. A few miles north along the coast in Bonita Springs, Catalina Mejilla's family wasn't as lucky. She was still using a borrowed generator to try to keep her kids and their grandfather cool amid the temperatures in the typically humid area that reached the upper 80s .
Since then, crews have been feverishly working to restore electricity infrastructure. State officials said they expect power to be restored by Sunday to customers whose power lines and other electric infrastructure is still intact.Eric Silagy, Chairman and CEO of Florida Power & Light — the largest power provider in the state — said he understands the frustration and that 21,000 utility workers from 30 states are working as hard as they can to restore power as quickly as possible.
Power restoration is always a key challenge after major hurricanes, when high winds and flying debris can topple power lines or major parts of the electricity infrastructure. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to visit Florida on Wednesday. The president was in Puerto Rico on Monday, promising to “rebuild it all” after Hurricane Fiona knocked out all power to the island two weeks ago.
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