Thousands of Polk Co. residents, business owners face up to 4-day wait for power to return

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Thousands of Polk Co. residents, business owners face up to 4-day wait for power to return

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – As Hurricane Ian was blowing in and knocking down trees, Courtney Rizzuto and others were hopeful their lights would stay on. Hurricane Ian: How to report damage, outages She and 27,000 others were still without power still Friday morning. They are forced to charge their phones in cars. Inside Rizzuto’s […]

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