Hurricane Irma: Death toll jumps to 12 in Florida, says official

Hurricane Irma killed at least 12 people in Florida when it cut a deadly path of destruction through the idyllic Key islands and deep inland in the southeastern US state, officials say.

“Currently, the number of confirmed deaths attributable to Hurricane Irma stands at 12,” Florida Division of Emergency Management spokesman Alberto Moscoso said yesterday, as workers picked through the rubble left by the storm.

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