Sparks Fly From Power Lines After Dorian Moves Past Central Florida
A damaged power line sent sparks flying in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, September 4, after Hurricane Dorian moved beside Florida’s east coast overnight.
This video, shot by Linda Ann Kelly Rhode, shows sparks shooting down power lines.
“The neighbor’s palm tree was causing the wires to spark and pop all night,” Rhode told Storyful.
She said she started filming once she heard the power line “commotion” escalate around 8 am on Wednesday. Rhode said she reported the incident to her power company and officials were repairing the lines on Wednesday afternoon. Rhode said the sheriff’s department and fire department also arrived.
After Hurricane Dorian thrashed the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, it weakened and headed north, parallel to Florida’s east coast.
The storm downed trees and cut power in some Florida cities on Tuesday night. Power company Duke Energy reported nearly 3,000 customers without power in Florida as of Wednesday afternoon.
As of 11 am on Wednesday, the hurricane was a Category 2 storm, moving at 9 mph with winds reaching 105 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was 90 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, and about 205 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Linda Ann Kelly Rhode via Storyful
