Latest: Eight patients of Florida nursing home die after Hurricane Irma cuts power to air conditioning

Latest: Eight patients at a sweltering Florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning.

Update 10.40pm: Eight patients at a sweltering Florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning.

Hollywood police chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the deaths at the Rehabilitation Centre in Hollywood Hills were heat-related, and added: "The building has been sealed off and we are conducting a criminal investigation."