File photograph August 2021.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Strong winds knocked retired powerfulness for hundreds successful Northeast Florida connected Sunday portion Georgians were warned against nonessential question owed to icy conditions.

In Northeast Florida, gusts of much than 50 mph person been recorded. One 58 mph upwind gust astir acceptable a grounds astatine Jacksonville International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. The airport’s website showed 14 full canceled flights, 5 of those were flights into Jacksonville.

Wild upwind was expected for the portion and overmuch of the state this weekend. In South Florida, the National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down in Collier County-- adjacent blowing implicit a semi on Interstate 75.

Electrical outage maps showed respective 100 customers without powerfulness Sunday afternoon. The astir outages were reported successful Jacksonville, determination were astir 700 addresses without powerfulness astatine 4 p.m., much than fractional of those were reported successful Northwest Jacksonville with 393 outages successful the 32219 zip codification alone.

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Clay Electric was managing outages successful Putnam County. Its outage representation showed 83 outages Sunday afternoon.

In Nassau County, Florida Power & Light (FPL) showed much than 90 residences were without utilities astatine 3:30 p.m., but those were rapidly restored a fewer minutes aft 4.

Georgians were prepared for snow. The authorities section of proscription had much than a cardinal pounds of brine connected manus to support roads unfastened for indispensable travel, but continues to impulse drivers to enactment home.

As a wintry premix of freezing rain, sleet, crystal and snowfall continues to determination done our state, we counsel motorists to debar each non-essential question and let our crews to dainty roadways.

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— Georgia DOT (@GADeptofTrans) January 16, 2022

South Georgia customers appeared mostly spared from wintertime upwind and powerfulness outages connected Sunday afternoon. Georgia Power was moving astir a twelve outages full successful Camden and Glynn Counties. In North and Central Georgia, though, more than 60,000 residences were without power.

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