Ron DeSantis: “This is in a state Donald Trump won with barely more than half the vote back in 2020.”

“So, somebody, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t have spent money by bringing the guard or doing this. You didn’t need them.’ Well, you don’t know that.”

“I would just urge people to be very careful. There’s a lot of debris out there, particularly as you get into the northern part of the Panhandle.”

Right now, 93% of traffic signals are operational in storm impacted areas, including 320 that are operating on temporary general generator power.

Walton County is now up to 80% restored, remaining customers are expected to have power tonight into early tomorrow.