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Hurricane Matthew: Power outages in Jacksonville area

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Power outages have been reported in the Jacksonville area as Hurricane Matthew makes it way toward Florida's east coast.

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Duval County

Scattered power outages are reported just before 10:30 a.m. on JEA's outage map. There are more than 15 active electric outages with about 50,355 customers without power, including several downed wires and one damaged power pole.

JEA Tweeted that the estimated power restoration times has been extended to noon on Sunday. JEA will give an update as soon as there is more more information.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said to call 904-630-City to report issues. Don't get anywhere near or touch a down power line, stay away and report it.

Visit JEA's website to check or report outages in your area.

St. Johns County

There are about 47,920 customers in St. Johns County that are reporting power outages at 1 p.m., according to Florida Power and Light Power Tracker.

Nassau County

Clay County

There are about 23,229 customers in Clay County that are reporting power outages at 1p.m., according Clay Electric.

Putnam County

There are about 5,650 customers in Putnam County that are reporting power outages at 1 p.m., according to Florida Power and Light Power Tracker.

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