(Reuters) -Greater than 350,000 properties and companies in Florida have been with out energy on Thursday as hurricane Helene seemed poised to make landfall within the state’s Massive Bend area, based on knowledge from PowerOutage.us.

Hurricane Helene churned towards Florida’s Panhandle area, bringing the specter of a probably lethal storm surge to a lot of the shoreline.

Helene has intensified into an especially harmful Class 4 hurricane, and it’s nearing the northeast Gulf coast, the U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Middle mentioned on Thursday. It was anticipated to make landfall this night.

The utility firm with the most important variety of prospects affected was Florida Energy & Mild Firm, which had 137,897 purchasers with out energy.

It was adopted by Duke Power (NYSE:), with 133,948 prospects minimize off within the state.

“We anticipate landfall will convey essentially the most important harm to our infrastructure within the Panhandle and Massive Bend space that may seemingly trigger prolonged outage durations,” Todd Fountain, Duke Power storm director, mentioned in a press release.

Listed below are the key outages by utility in Florida:

Energy Corporations Outages

Florida Energy & Mild Firm 137,897

Tampa Electrical 58,430

Lee County Electrical Coop 8,074

Duke Power 133,948

Withlacoochee River Electrical Coop 12,140

Whole 366,035