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COPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Ken Kaye, Robert Nolin and Linda Kleindienst
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A sloppy Hurricane Katrina lashed south Florida early Thursday evening with driving rain and gusts of more than 90 mph, leaving at least two people dead from falling trees.
About 412,000 homes and businesses in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties went dark. In Fort Lauderdale alone, police and fire crews responded to about 150 downed power lines.
Because of a power failure, a Fort Lauderdale hospital had to transport its patients to other facilities, according to Fort Lauderdale Division Chief Jim Sheehan.
Scores of traffic signals went out. Streets in several flood-prone areas were under water. Battering waves raged over the beaches. Homes and buildings suffered minor damage, from downed pool screens to leaking roofs.
Winds gusted to 92 mph at Port Everglades, to 87 mph in Miami and 74 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
May Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County, urged care, noting that eight people died by drowning and electrocution...
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