When will the power be back in Fort Lauderdale, FL?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fort Lauderdale is a city of about 190,641 residents in Broward County.
Florida Power & Light has reported outages for Fort Lauderdale by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Fort Lauderdale is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Fort Lauderdale:
+ 35 more ZIP codes in Fort Lauderdale
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fort Lauderdale: the closest other places we track are Wilton Manors, about 1 miles to the north; Oakland Park, about 3 miles to the north; Lauderdale Lakes, about 4 miles to the northwest; and Lauderhill, about 5 miles to the west. Also nearby: Dania Beach (6 mi S), North Lauderdale (7 mi NW), Pompano Beach (7 mi N), Plantation (7 mi W), Hollywood (8 mi S), Tamarac (8 mi NW), Margate (8 mi NW) and Sunrise (10 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Coconut Creek (10 mi); south toward Hallandale Beach (11 mi); southwest toward Davie (10 mi); west toward Weston (16 mi); and northwest toward Coral Springs (11 mi).
Who serves Fort Lauderdale?
We track live outage data from Florida Power & Light and Lee County Electric Cooperative in Broward County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Fort Lauderdale's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 1,743 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 7 — 1,743 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Oct 6 — 110 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 5 — 65 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Oct 3 — 26 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Broward County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 14.5 hr. The full record for Broward County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Fort Lauderdale, FL?
To check your own street, search a Fort Lauderdale ZIP code — 33301, 33302, 33303, 33304, 33305, 33306 or any of the other 41 — and the map opens on that area.
