As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Central Florida, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is ramping up preparations and urging residents to brace for prolonged power outages.

Nearly 48 hours after Hurricane Milton made landfall, over 2 million Floridians were still without power as utility crews worked around the clock on restoration efforts.

Click here to view the FPL power outage tracker. Fort Pierce Utilities Authority has an interactive map for customers to view and search for outages in their area. It also provides FPUA customers with a phone number to call and report outages at 772-466-7703. Click here to view the FPUA power outage tracker.

Over 200,000 customers lost power across the Treasure Coast as a result of Hurricane Milton. As of Friday morning, about 150,000 of those had it back.

FPL and LCEC is working on restoring power to hundreds of thousands of locals today. Here's the latest data and info about power restoration.

The utility positioned its restoration workforce, equipment and supplies ― including mutual assistance from 37 states across the United States.

Some Flagler residents did heed evacuation orders, with Rymfire Elementary School as the only designated shelter, but others did not, choosing to ride out the storm at home. Lord estimated about 60 people (as well as some pets) did seek shelter but by Friday morning less than 20 were still at the facility.

As Hurricane Milton approaches the Gulf Coast of Florida, the weather is bringing power outages to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast.

Here's the latest local update from FPL as well as what Duke Energy is reporting on the "unprecedented impact" of Hurricane Milton.

FPL was working to restore power to some 180,000 customers in Volusia and Flagler counties following Hurricane Milton on Thursday morning.

Massive power outages were reported in Volusia County after Hurricane Milton made its way across Florida. Approximately 50,000 utilities crewmembers are in Florida working to restore power as quickly as possible,