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Wisconsin Public Service crews work to restore power in Florida after Hurricane Irma

Posted at 6:14 PM, Sep 18, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-18 19:14:35-04

Wisconsin Public Service crews have spent the last week in Georgia and Florida working to restore power after Hurricane Irma. 

The power is slowly coming back on in the southeast thanks to crews from out of the area, including WPS and We Energies.

"Just probably on a storm in the Green Bay area, it's probably 100 times worse really with the devastation and the damage," said Steve Vancampenhout, a WPS Operations Supervisor.

As of Monday morning, electricity has been restored to about 95 percent of the more than 4 million customers in Florida who lost power.