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• Feb. 26: A Miami policeman tries to keep traffic flowing at a Miami intersection where the light is out due to a major power outage in southern Florida.
• Feb. 26: A substation located next to Florida Power and Light headquarters is shown in Miami. Florida is experiencing widespread power outages Tuesday, with the state's largest electric company saying it has not determined a cause.
• Feb. 26: University of Miami Police Officer Eddie Somarriba directs traffic in Coral Gables, Fla., after sporadic power outages affected more than 3 million people across the southern end of the state.
• Feb. 26: A Metromover at Viscaya Station at US 1 sits at the station due to a power outage in Miami. A Florida Power & Light spokesman says the widespread power outages affecting Florida started when the company shut down a nuclear reactor south of Miami for safety reasons, but did not explain further.
• Feb. 26: A Florida Power and Light worker inspects one of the areas of a substation located next to FP&L headquarters in Miami. Florida is experiencing widespread power outages Tuesday, with the state's largest electric company saying it has not determined a cause.
• Feb. 26: This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows a Miami Metromover commuter train stopped at a station in Miami.
• Feb. 26: Electrical power lines run away and into Turkey Power Plant near Homestead, Fla. as officials try to determine what caused a massive power outage in Florida.
• Feb. 26: In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Evalena Worthington, owner of the Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West, Fla., pours a frozen margarita for a customer after a 30-minute power outage.
• Feb. 26: Operations continue at the Turkey Point Power Plant near Homestead, Fla. after the plant shut down with a technical problem. The shutdown of the power plant and seven other plants caused massive power outages in Florida.
• Turkey Point, one of three nuclear power plants in Florida is seen in this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001, file photo, in Miami. A Florida Power & Light spokesman says the widespread power outages affecting Florida started when the company shut down a nuclear reactor south of Miami for safety reasons, but did not explain further.
• Turkey Point, one of three nuclear power plants in Florida is seen Oct. 24, 2005, in Miami. A Florida Power & Light spokesman says the widespread power outages affecting Florida started when the company shut down a nuclear reactor south of Miami for safety reasons, but did not explain further.