How to track power outages in Florida counties during Hurricane Idalia

Here's the latest on power outages due to Hurricane Idalia in the Greater Tampa Bay region and the rest of Florida as of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

More than 251,000 people in the state were still without power, according to Power Outage USA in its county-by-county map.

Pinellas County has the most in the Tampa Bay area with about 27,000.

The majority of outages in Florida are in the Big Bend area and eastern Panhandle, in the path of Idalia's landfall and trek out of the state.

Jefferson, Taylor, Madison, Suwannee and Hamilton counties have close to 100 percent of residents without power. Leon County has about 30,000 customers in the dark.

Related: Duke Energy and other Florida power companies prepare for Idalia

Power outage data is published by the Florida Public Service Commission every three hours online at psc.state.fl.us/ or on on Twitter at @floridapsc.

Tampa Electric (TECO) serves about 2,000 square miles in West Central Florida, including Hillsborough County and part of Polk, Pasco and Pinellas Counties, which includes more than 800,000 customers. Residents can also monitor real-time power outages through TECO here.

Duke Energy is a primary power provider for the greater Tampa Bay region and Central Florida, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Polk, Highlands, Hardee and Hernando counties. Residents can also monitor real-time power outages here.

Florida Power and Light provides service, in part, to these counties: Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Hardee and Highlands. Residents can also monitor real-time power outages here.

Polk County is also serviced by Lakeland Electric, from Polk City to Highland city, and the Peace River Electric Cooperative, and Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative.

Monitoring and reporting outages

If you have internet access, outages can be monitored on these major power providers' websites:

• Florida Power and Light Company
• Duke Energy
• Florida Public Utilities
• TECO

If your power is provided by a cooperative or municipal government in the greater Tampa Bay region, you can monitor outage updates on these websites:

• Peace River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Lee County Electric Cooperative
• Sumter Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Lakeland Electric
• Glades Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Power providers ask that residents report any outages they are experiencing.

• Report outages with Florida Power and Light Company here, or call 1-800-468-8243. To report a downed power line, call 1-800-4OUTAGE.
• Report outages with Duke Energy here, call 800-228-8485 or text "OUT" to 57801
• Report outages with TECO here, or call 877-588-1010.