“In Florida, the outages are over 3 million,” according to National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Hurricane Milton hit Florida last night as a Cat 3 storm, leaving millions of residents without power. It comes as rural electric cooperatives have been working around the clock to restore service across the southeast following Helene.

CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Jim Matheson spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander on outages, how they are getting the lights back on, and addressing ag communities.