Hurricane Nicole: Power outages as rare November storm hits Florida

More than 300,000 homes and businesses in Florida have been left without power as storm Nicole batters the US state.

States of emergency and evacuation orders are in place, and residents have been told to stay indoors with heavy rain and storm surges forecast.

Two people were killed when they were electrocuted by a downed power line in Orange County in the centre of the state.

Storms of this size so late in the year are extremely rare.

The storm has already lashed the Bahamas as a huge category one...