More than 1.5 million homes remained without power Tuesday morning after Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeastern half of the U.S. last week

As Hurricane Helene approaches Florida's Big Bend Region as a Category 4 hurricane, Central Florida counties are feeling the secondary impact of the major storm. According to Duke Energy reports, hundreds of outages have been reported across Central Florida.

An property insurer of last resort in Florida is set to hand over hundreds of thousands of policies to the private sector later this month due to overwhelming demand. Earlier this year, regulators in the Sunshine State approved proposals that would allow private insurers to take policies from the state's Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.