Major Blackout Hits South Florida

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Published February 26, 2008 at 5:02 PM EST

A power outage affecting hundreds of thousands of people struck the wider Miami area midday Tuesday. NPR's Greg Allen says there are reports that the outage was linked to some of Florida's power plants shutting down.

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