Number of Florida customers without power due to hurricane Irma rises to 6.2M, say officials on Monday. Officials also warn that the full restoration may take weeks.
Irma was downgraded from a hurricane to tropical storm Monday, but that did nothing to quell the threat of more destruction in the coming hours.
The storm was still hurling 70 mph winds Monday morning, pummeling cities in northeast Florida that had not expected to feel its full wrath.
Emergency workers in Daytona Beach rescued 25 people with a high-water truck after they were suddenly caught in an onslaught of wind and rain.
