Wilma Restoration Team Reaches 74 Percent Mark; 2.4 Million Customers Now Back in Service.

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MIAMI -- More than 2.4 million customers, or 74 percent of the more than 3.2 million customers left without power by Hurricane Wilma, now have power back, thanks to the efforts of 17,500 workers from 33 states and Canada amassed by Florida Power & Light Company. The restoration team is the largest ever organized in the company's history to battle a hurricane's aftermath. About 834,000 customers remain without power.

Electric service also has been restored to 90 percent of the community-designated critical infrastructure such as hospitals, police,...

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