Massive power outage hits millions in Florida A massive power outage struck parts of Florida on Tuesday, knocking out electricity to millions of people, snarling traffic at intersections and trapping residents in elevators. Rescue teams work through rain in Fla. Search efforts resumed amid fresh rain Saturday across a swath of central Florida devastated by tornado-bearing thunderstorms that killed at least 20 people, leveled brick homes and tossed one tractor-trailer atop another. Storms lash Florida, killing at least 19 Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed 19 people or more.
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