Hurricane Frances pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain today after it smashed across the state’s east coast, knocking out power to four million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees.

Agents in the US have identified around 40 infiltrators who had a hand in the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.

As rescue workers today continued to search the carnage in New York and Washington, the investigation to hunt down the men behind the world’s worst terrorist outrage began in earnest.