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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday declared a state of emergency in 12 North Florida counties after a powerful storm left tens of thousands of residents and businesses without electricity. The morning storm ripped through Tallahassee, downing trees, ripping roofs off buildings, knocking over a construction crane and doing significant damage to Florida State University’s baseball stadium and the school’s iconic circus tent. As of shortly before 5 p.m., nearly 80,000 customers of the Tallahassee municipal utility did not have electricity, according to a city website. The Florida Municipal Electric Asso…

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