Duke Energy restored power to all of its Florida customers earlier this week after Hurricane Matthew roared up the state's east coast.

  • Duke Energy crews sending linemen to Jacksonville to assist with power outages
  • Crews left New Port Richey Thursday morning
  • More than 500,000 customers lost power during Hurricane Matthew

Now, Duke crews are heading to Jacksonville to lend assistance to residents there who are still without power. 

Crews loaded trucks with gear early Thursday and rolled out of a Duke center in New Port Richey. About 25 linemen from Duke are heading to north Florida. 

Damage cleanup from Matthew is still ongoing in north Florida as the Jacksonville area had the most damage in the state from the hurricane last week. 

Duke crews will be supporting JEA, Jacksonville's power utility company. Crews will rotate 16-hour shifts repairing power lines and transformers that were knocked down and shorted out during the storm.

Since last week, Duke has sent in crews from its other locations in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois and Maryland. 

More than half a million people lost power during the hurricane.