Factbox-More than 1.28 million Florida customers without power due to storm Helene

(Reuters) -More than 1.28 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene made landfall as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

The utility company with the most number of customers affected was Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK ), which had over 380,000 clients without power.

It was followed by Florida Power & Light Company, with more than 220,000 customers cut off in the state.

"We anticipate landfall will bring the most significant damage to our infrastructure in the Panhandle and Big Bend area that will likely cause extended outage durations," Todd Fountain, Duke Energy storm director, said in a statement.

Here are the major outages by utility in Florida:

Companies with most customers affected Outages

Florida Power & Light Company 222,516

Duke Energy 386,706

Tampa Electric 78,998

JEA 131,831

Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative 28,848

Withlacoochee River Electric Coop 42,526

Gainesville Regional Utilities 55,430

Tri-County Electric Coop 20,056

Clay Electric Coop 105,855

Central Florida Electric Cooperative 32,312

Talquin Electric Cooperative 35,167



City of Tallahassee 53,071

Total (includes some other companies) 1,280,503

Source: Investing.com