Post-storm outage blamed for 8 nursing home deaths in Florida
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Hurricane Irma has moved on, but its aftermath continued to ravage Florida on Wednesday, as authorities said eight patients died in a sweltering nursing home that the storm had left with limited power.
The victims were five women and three men who ranged in age from 71 to 99, according to local authorities.
The deaths at the facility in Hollywood, just north of Miami, drew outrage across a state with a large population of seniors - and where hundreds of thousands remain without electricity as a result of the hurricane that swept across the state beginning Sunday.
Many Florida residents lacking electricity in their homes have moved in
