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FACTBOX-Almost 190,000 U.S. customers without power after Hurricane Michael

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Almost 190,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast were still without power on Tuesday after Hurricane Michael swept up the East Coast from Florida to Virginia last week, according to local power companies. In total, over 3.2 million customers lost power from Florida to New York after Michael struck the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour (250 kph). Some customers in the hardest-hit parts of Florida may have to wait another week or two until power is restored, utilities said. The Florida Division of Emergency Management said on its Twitter site that more than 140,000 homes and businesses in the state were still without power, including more than 80 percent of customers in Calhoun, Gulf and Jackson counties on the Panhandle. Southern Co's Gulf Power unit estimated it would restore power in the hardest-hit areas, like Panama City, by Oct. 24, according to the company website.

The following table lists major outages by utility:

Power Company State/Pro Out Now Served

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Florida other FL 59,900 10,686,000Southern - Gulf Power FL 55,200 457,100Georgia co-ops GA 37,500 2,000,000Talquin Electric Co-op FL 15,300 52,000Duke - Florida FL 7,300 1,800,000Southern - Georgia Power GA 4,000 2,441,300Duke - Carolinas NC, SC 3,900 4,040,000City of Tallahassee FL 2,600 113,000Dominion NC, VA 2,400 2,610,600Total 188,100* The Florida other category totals smaller outages scattered across the state.

The number of customers served in the Florida other category is the total homes and businesses in the state, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

(Reporting by Eileen Soreng in Bengaluru and Scott DiSavino in New York; Editing by Paul Simao and Jeffrey Benkoe)