Thousands report power outages amid strong thunderstorms

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - As of 10:30 Saturday night, more than one thousand customers were still out of power after large storms swept across the region, according to PowerOutage.com .

At the peak of the storms, more than 13,000 customers in Alachua County were without power, and more than 3,500 customers in Marion County didn’t have power around 6:30 p.m.

There were 831 reports in Putnam County as well.

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