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U.S. President Donald Trump travels Thursday to southwestern Florida to get a briefing on recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma and to meet with some of the people impacted by the powerful storm. Trump's schedule includes stops in Fort Myers and Naples. The center of Irma passed through those areas as it went up the western side of Florida with strong winds, and a combination of heavy rain and storm surge that caused widespread flooding. He has already declared Florida a major disaster area, a move that speeds up the release of federal relief funds. Recovery efforts are underway, but officials have cautioned that it will take a long time to repair the damage left by the hurricane that also devastated several Caribbean islands. Officials are investigating whether a lack of electricity to run air conditioning is to blame for the deaths of eight nursing home patients in Hollywood, Florida. The deaths were discovered when a hospital across the street from the nursing home began receiving elderly patients suffering from heat exhaustion, which led to all 115 people in the home being evacuated. Governor Rick Scott has called for a criminal investigation, calling the situation "unfathomable." The retirement home had apparently been without electricity since the storm struck. It is unclear why generators failed to keep the building cool. Scott has ordered authorities to check on nursing facilities across Florida. | 
