Ron DeSantis: “I think people did take precautions, and I think the local officials did a really good job of helping spread the word.”

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

Fortunately, they weren’t needed for a lot of rescue missions, ’cause that demand wasn’t there, but they’ve already cleared 1,700 miles of roadway.

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

As of this morning, all state-owned bridges are safe and have been reopened for travel. Crew finished inspecting all the coastal bridges by 0600 this morning.