News Review: Irma Hits Florida

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The story:
Nearly seven and a half million homes across five US states are without power as the tropical storm, which hit Florida as Hurricane Irma, continues inland.
Vocabulary:
pounds
hits several times with force

darkness
sadness; hopelessness
in something's wake
after and as a result of an event
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