5 elderly residents dead in nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma in Hollywood, Florida

Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief says five people have died from a Florida nursing home that had lost power after Hurricane Irma roared through the state.

Police and fire crews began evacuating the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills on Wednesday morning. Sharief confirmed during a news conference that three residents died at the center and two died at the hospital.

Sharief said there are no details about the cause of the deaths. No further details were immediately available.

Police spokeswoman Miranda Grossman told local news outlets that fire and police crews began evacuating residents at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills on Wednesday morning.

It wasn't immediately known whether the residents' deaths were heat related or due to natural causes.

Also, at least five people died and more than a dozen were treated for breathing carbon monoxide fumes from generators in the Orlando, Miami, and Daytona Beach areas.

Their deaths bring the death toll from Irma to at least 24 people in the US, and at least 37 in the Caribbean. Officials expect it to rise as rescue workers search for the missing.

On Wednesday, 9.5 million people were still without power across Florida - about half of the state population. Utility officials warned it could take 10 days or more for power to be fully restored.

Hollywood is between Fort Lauderdale and Miami.