MIAMI: Monster storm Irma, which ripped a deadly path through the Caribbean, started to weaken Monday though it was still whipping parts of Florida with fearsome winds and rain, leaving 6.2 million people without power. As of Monday morning, 6.2 million customers were without power in Florida, according to the state's Department of Emergency Management. Florida Power and Light said it had "safely shut down" one of two nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point power plant. The scope of damage in the hard-hit Florida Keys was not immediately clear. Residents in the old colonial city were waist-deep in floodwaters after Irma cut power and forced the evacuation of more than a million people.

Source: New Strait Times September 11, 2017 15:45 UTC