8 dead at Florida nursing home

Police are investigating the deaths of eight nursing home residents in Hollywood, Florida, where oppressive heat and humidity set in after Hurricane Irma knocked out much of the power in the area. The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills said the residents, ages 71 to 99, died following a prolonged outage of the air conditioning system due to Hurricane Irma. The center did not lose power during the storm, but it lost a transformer that powers the air conditioning. One resident died late Tuesday. Three more were found dead on the second floor of the facility after rescue units were called in early Wednesday. Four more died in hospitals after the sweltering facility was evacuated Wednesday morning in a chaotic blur of events that prompted checks of other nursing homes in the area. By Wednesday evening, the state had issued an emergency moratorium on the facility admitting new patients, and Hollywood Police were investigating whether any laws had been broken. Gov. Rick Scott said, "I am going to aggressively demand answers on how this tragic event took place. If they find that this facility was not meeting the state's high standards of care, they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."

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