hope land security says at peak 15 million americans had no power because of the storm. that number is slowly coming down as crews get to work but this is now at least a couple of days in for millions of americans not having power. you can get a sense of the challenges from satellite showing florida before and after irma. now in pitch darkness until they can restore the power dprgrid. eletrictricity can be back for east coast, the atlantic coast by this weekend but other parts may have to wait longer particularly in the keys. there is also concerned about the drinking water. the florida keys authority says the transmission main that brings water to the islands appears to be in tact but in an abundance of caution they issued a boil water notice to anybody using tap water anywhere in the keys. there are notices in at least 23
if you look at electric power, we believe it to be the largest effort to restore electric power in u.s. history. hope land security says at peak 15 million americans had no power because of the storm. that number is slowly coming down as crews get to work but this is now at least a couple of days in for millions of americans not having power. you can get a sense of the challenges from satellite images showing florida before and after irma. now in pitch darkness until they can restore the power grid. florida power and light says electricity can be back for the east coast, the atlantic coast by this weekend but other parts may have to wait longer particularly in the keys. there is also concerned about the drinking water. in the keys. the florida keys authority says the transmission main that brings water to the islands appears to be in tact but in an abundance of caution they issued a boil water notice to anybody using tap water anywhere in the keys. there are notices in at least 23