MELBOURNE, Florida – According to Florida Power and Light, 2,043 FPL customers are without power in Melbourne, Florida.  The outage was reported at 7:41 p.m. tonight.

The area affected is just north of U.S. 192 but south of NASA Boulevard between U.S. 1 and Babcock Street.

FPL has dispatched a power restoration specialist to investigate and restore power in the area.

FPL estimates that power will be restored in the area by 9:15 p.m. tonight.

The cause of the outage remains under investigation