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Hurricane Sally damage in Pensacola, Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Walton County - Pensacola News Journal
Sep 17, 2020 2 mins, 53 secs

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Residents in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were by far the hardest hit by the outages caused by Hurricane Sally, according to Gulf Power.

The following is a list of damage and things to know about Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties.

• As of Wednesday night, roughly 95% of Gulf Power customers in Escambia County were without power with 145,920 confirmed outages among 153,000 customers.

• The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County announced its clinics and services are suspended through Thursday — affecting COVID-19 testing.

• A curfew for Escambia County, including the city of Pensacola, was enacted, with curfew from 7 p.m.

Curfew declaredin Escambia County and city of Pensacola in wake of Hurricane Sally.

• The Escambia County and Santa Rosa County school district will remain closed the remainder of the week, as will the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College..

• Hurricane Sally washed up a construction barge to a family’s backyard at the Pensacola Country Club.

• Damage was reported along the causeway between Pensacola and Pace, including a boat that ran aground.

• The Nina replica ship visiting Pensacola was grounded during Hurricane Sally.

Photos: Hurricane Sally damage in northwest Pensacola, Cantonment.

Downed power lines in the Myrtle Grove area in Pensacola, Florida, after Hurricane Sally came though the area on Wednesday, Sept.

• The county announced a curfew from 9 p.m.

• Waste Pro Services in South Santa Rosa County (Navarre and Gulf Breeze areas) will remain suspended Thursday..

Hurricane Sally update 10 - LONG POST - County under curfew from 9P-6A https://t.co/cDQvIHhxH8pic.twitter.com/PUsP4wjvIl.

On Wednesday, the city of Gulf Breeze sent several tweets about Sally damage, including downed power lines and debris in the water. Residents were warned not to drive through neighborhoods with flooding, to keep water from entering homes..

City officials solicited photos of Sally damage in a tweet, with a link to upload pics, "Use the handy upload feature to submit your pictures of any issues you may find during the hurricane and storms. Let the City know. https://cityofgulfbreeze.us/contactus/ #HurricaneSally #storms #Shootit #Sendit"

Santa Rosa County courthouse sustained damage.

The tweet said, "A curfew is in place for Okaloosa County starting at 9 p.m. this evening — 6 a.m. tomorrow, Sept. 17. This one-night curfew is in place to ensure the safety of our county while road damage is assessed & risks can be mitigated, prior to normal traffic flow." The misspelling occurred on a graphic included with the tweet, which spelled "cerfew." In a response to an eagle-eyed reader, county officials said, "We had to do something to get your attention. We’re a little sleep deprived but we’re glad it worked. :) "

OKALOOSA COUNTY CURFEW A curfew is in place for Okaloosa County starting at 9 PM this evening - 6 AM tomorrow, September 17

This one-night curfew is in place to ensure the safety of our county while road damage is assessed & risks can be mitigated, prior to normal traffic flow pic.twitter.com/nI8GgZydnp

• Okaloosa County Schools will remain closed Thursday

• The Walton County Sheriff's Office tweeted: "Scenic Gulf at the Okaloosa/Walton county line is blocked due to debris and power lines landing in the roadway from #HurricaneSally."

Fort Walton Beach officials tweeted about conditions caused by Hurricane Sally, including downed power lines and trees

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