JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — ***This story will no longer be updated as Tropical Storm Ian moves out of our area, For the latest weather updates, click here.
Thousands of customers are without power along the First Coast as Tropical Storm Ian makes its way across the state.
The storm made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane near Cayo Costa. The storm weakened to a Tropical Storm early Thursday morning.
As of 1 p.m, Thursday:
- There are over 14,860 customers without power in St. Johns County, according to Florida Power & Light.
- There are 9,127 customers without power in the Jacksonville area, according to a JEA outage map.
- Clay County Electric says there are 4,458 customers without power
- Putnam County has 8,631
Other counties along the First Coast have fewer than 200 customers impacted.
Earlier this week, JEA crews got staging areas ready.
One is at FSCJ's south campus in the Sandalwood neighborhood. The other is at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center.
More than 50 utility trucks came in from Texas, Alabama and New England.
