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About 5.8M lose power from Irma

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Hurricane Irma caused 5.8 million Florida homes and businesses to lose power, according to state officials and local electric utilities.

The storm hit Florida yesterday morning as a Category 4 before gradually losing strength and becoming a Category 1 by this morning.

While most of the power losses were in Florida, some 90,000 Georgia homes and businesses also were affected.

Read more from Reuters.

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