[Outages] Widespread Power Outage Hits South Florida

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via The Miami Herald.

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Power outages are cascading through many parts of South Florida, with
Florida Power & Light and others reporting blackouts in portions of Miami,
Doral, Westchester, Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Boca Raton.

Many traffic lights are not working and nine accidents were reported in
Miami-Dade County between 1:04 p.m. and 1:26 p.m. Police agencies were
dispatching officers to as many intersections as possible.

The lights flickered off at several South Florida hospitals, which had to
switch to generator power.

''We had a blip here and the generators kicked in immediately,'' Jackson
Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Lorraine Nelson said.

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach and Baptist Hospital in Southwest
Miami-Dade reported similar situations.

A spokeswoman for FPL said the company was investigating the extent and
cause of the problem.

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More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/854/story/434132.html

Also, CNN television is reporting that 8 power generation plants
are "offline" and an investigation is ongoing...

- - ferg

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