Hurricane Beryl slowed some of the work. Johnson Space Center in Houston, home to the control centers for both NASA and Boeing, was closed earlier this week to all but the most critical staff.
Power crews were working to restore service as quickly as possible. Millions are left without air conditioning in the middle of summer and a heat advisory with temps expected to reach 105 degrees.
Hurricane Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as a Category 1 storm with heavy rains and powerful winds.
Marion County Fire Rescue and Ocala Fire Rescue each have new wheels to enhance the services they provide to the community.
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As of Saturday night, Beryl was about 330 miles southeast of Corpus Christi and had top sustained winds of 60 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands earlier in the week.
Authorities around Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula have prepared shelters, evacuated some small outlying coastal communities and even moved sea turtle eggs off beaches threatened by storm surge.
Hurricane Beryl has left at least seven dead in its wake.
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