Hurricane Irma Damaged More Than 200 Homes In Pasco

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — As Pasco County residents continue to recover from Hurricane Irma’s visit earlier in the week, officials have released preliminary statistics related to the storm’s impacts.

Although a financial estimate is not yet available, the county’s numbers illustrate how devastating the storm remained after reaching Pasco. (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from New Port Richey Patch. Click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The county’s statistics, released late Friday afternoon, are as follows:

Residences Damaged By Irma

• 4 homes reported as destroyed
• 56 homes suffered major damage
• 124 homes suffered minor damage
• 205 homes were affected

The county says its inspectors have been in the field to verify damages.

Businesses Damaged

• 94 businesses reported damage to their properties

Electrical Outages

• At the height of outages, Pasco County’s four power companies reported a total of 217,382 addresses without power. The county has 261,000 addresses in total.

Shelters Opened

• A total of 26 shelters opened to provide Hurricane Irma evacuees safe haven during the storm

Roads Impacted

• During the peak, the county said 749 roads were closed.

Food Distribution

• Pasco County Schools provided food for 24,100 people housed in shelters.

Sandbags Given Out

• The county reports using 606,800 sandbags during the storm. It took more than 9,500 cubic yards of sand to fill those bags.

Traffic Signal Outages

• Following the storm, the county says the peak of traffic light outages tallied at 97.

Pump Station Outages

• During Irma’s peak impact, Pasco had 425 pump stations go out.

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