Others from the region have gone south to assist with hurricane aid and recovery efforts, including Navy sailors and Marines on the USS Iwo Jima and USS New York at Naval Station Norfolk and a group of 45 firefighters from Hampton Roads. They join 300 tree contractors who started early work of removing trees and debris ahead of line crews, the company said in a news release. More than 120 Dominion Energy employees, including linemen, damage assessors and safety experts are heading to Florida with 300 contractors from Virginia and North Carolina. “We are making final preparations throughout the day to mobilize employees and prepare equipment to depart Tuesday morning to Florida, where they can begin supporting our friends and neighbors in this massive undertaking,” said Ed Baine, Dominion Energy senior vice president of power delivery. On Monday, Dominion Energy workers in Virginia prepared to head south to respond to what the company said is likely to be one of the largest electric industry restoration efforts in the United States. Florida Power and Light, which provides a majority of customers with power, warned it could take weeks before electricity is fully restored. More than 6.5 million Florida homes and businesses were without power Monday afternoon, according to Florida state’s emergency management division. Its high winds snapped a construction crane in Miami, damaged roofs and sent debris flying in the low-lying Keys, and spurned a tornado that destroyed six mobile homes in Palm Bay. ![]() A roughly 400-mile-wide storm, Hurricane Irma made back-to-back landfalls in the Florida Keys and on Marco Island over the weekend.
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