As Hurricane Dorian barrels toward the east coast, Michigan power crews are headed to Florida to assist in recovery from what is now a category 5 storm.

Teams from Consumers Energy and DTE Energy, arriving in Florida throughout this weekend, will support local power crews through storm cleanup and power restoration.

While it's not clear whether the hurricane will make landfall in Florida, Dorian is expected to near the state by late Monday or early Tuesday.

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Consumers will assist Florida Power and Light with a team of at least 60 people, who could be in the state for up to 3 weeks. DTE will have 130 contract linemen and about 80 tree trimmers on the ground.

Both companies said in statements that they were giving back after out-of-state power crews assisted them in the aftermath of southeast Michigan's major July storms.

“In July, crews from six states assisted us as we restored power to more than 220,000 of our Consumers Energy customers,” Guy Packard, the company’s vice president of electric operations, said in a statement. “Now it’s our turn to help others in their time of need.

Dorian hit the Bahamas Sunday as a category 5 hurricane, bringing 185 mph winds and moving at about 7 mph.

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More than 200 miles of Florida's east coast are under hurricane and storm surge advisories, and could see a significant number of power outages, according to USA TODAY.