LIVE OAK, Fla. — In the wake of Hurricane Hermine, multiple roads are blocked by fallen trees and power is down in areas around the city and county.

Florida Power and Light crews are busy throughout the city trying to fix power lines knocked out by trees.

Near Interstate-10, power is out at the Busy Bee and many other stores in the area. The intersections lights are out, as well.

Crews were at the corner of Duval Street and Murrey Avenue putting a power line back up. Murrey Street is blocked from Duval Street to US-90 by a large fallen tree.

Power has been out in that area since early Friday morning. FPL workers on sight said the power should be up by around noon.

Winderweedle Street is being blocked off by Live Oak Fire Department due to a live wire. The wire is dangerous and sparking. Fire crews were waiting for FPL officials to arrive to fix the situation.

Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative has also been working to restore service to its members.

“We have 25,000 meters,” said Jon Little, director of communications for SVAC. “At its peak [early Friday morning], we had 23,000 without power.”

As of posting, the number of SVEC members without power has been brought down to 16,000, spread across Suwannee County (9,700 members), Hamilton County (3,000), Lafayette County (2,300) and Columbia County (1,000).

SVEC is expected to release an update around 2 p.m. on its power restoration timeline.

There have been very few signs of flooding in Live Oak. Most of the problems caused by Hermine seem to be strong wind related.

Fire crews

The Live Oak Fire Department and Suwannee County Fire Rescue responded to calls all night long.

After filling and passing out sandbags Thursday and Friday, the Live Oak Fire Department responded to 22 city calls and two calls out in the county, ranging from downed power lines and fallen trees to fire alarms and roads blocked due to high water.

SCFR stayed busy throughout the night as well.

“We expected a lot more,” said James Sommers, public works director with Suwannee County Fire Rescue. “Very thankful that we ended up with just the little bit that we had. We did some special needs transports for people who needed to go to the special needs shelter early on, then basically it was just power lines down and tree removal.

“We were blessed.”