Sunday, as predicted by the national research center for hurricanes, the most powerful hurricane Irma hit the state of Florida. Despite the full commitment of both the authorities and residents to the elements, it is obvious that a hurricane of such power could not go unnoticed. And after Irma «was» in Florida for a few days, now remains the most difficult – long reconstruction work in the disaster area.
On Tuesday in the districts Miami-Dade and Broward operation «Return to normalcy» was in full swing. According to local rescue services, the damage from Irma, despite a large distribution area, was small. At the moment the curfew was cancelled. Airports and dams reopened.
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Authority Miami-Dade County reported the death of 65-year-old David Botswana, who apparently died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator running inside his house. In Broward was confirmed another death from storms (details unknown). In total, recorded eleven deaths in Florida, most of which occur in accidents during the preparation of the diapers or become its consequences.
About 50 residents of the nursing home Miami»s Civic Center was transported to the shelter due to severe damage to the building.
In the South in the Florida Keys the picture was more gloomy. The evacuated people returned only in the Upper Keys. Assessment of the full damage is still ongoing, but the Director of the Federal Agency for emergency management said that according to initial estimates, a quarter of all houses in the Keys are completely destroyed, and 65% received damage to varying degrees.
«People should start to return to normal life, said Broward mayor Barbara Sharif. – Our goal right now is stabilization and recovery, and this means that we need to get people back to work, back to work, the core staff to provide assistance to people who worked within five days of the storm, to return and to start commercial activities.»
A utility company that provides electricity to most of South Florida – Florida Power & Light said that this weekend in most counties Miami-Dade, Broward and palm beach will restore electricity, with the possible exception of areas affected by tornadoes, flooding or serious damage.
According to FPL, on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County at 623 530 customers out of 1.1 million were interruptions to the light. In Broward at 448 750 residents had electricity from 933 300, and in palm-beach – 361 140 of 739 000. It’s more than 1.4 million homes and businesses without power, including about half of the houses in three counties of South Florida.
