About 16,000 employees of Florida Power & Light are preparing for outages due to Hurricane Dorian, according to the company's president and CEO Eric Silagy.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered tolls be suspended on major highways ahead of Hurricane Dorian.
The governor asked residents Sunday afternoon to ¡°heed evacuation orders¡± from local officials and said several highways will suspend tolls, including:
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The Florida Turnpike
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Alligator Alley
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Sawgrass Expressway
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SR 528 Beachline Expressway
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SR 417
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SR 429
Palm Beach, Martin, St Lucie, Brevard, Indian River, Volusia and St John counties all have issued evacuation orders, DeSantis said. He anticipates Flagler, Duval and Nassau counties to issue evacuation orders soon.
No bridge closures are announced at this time, DeSantis added.
¡°We have to prepare that this could have major impacts on the state of Florida,¡± DeSantis said.