The Hurricane: Power company crews from all over the East Coast have converged on Florida to restore electricity to more than 9 million customers cut off by Hurricane Irma, which is now reduced to a tropical storm. Some people may be without power for weeks, but the highways are choked this morning with evacuees returning home to see what’s left.

Thomas Bossert, the president’s Homeland Security adviser, said restoring the electrical system will require “the largest-ever mobilization of line restoration workers in this country, period.”

From Jacksonville to Miami, Florida is littered with housing debris, utility poles, signs, and broken trees. Mobile home parks were tossed and fleets of yachts crunched into the corners of harbors. A high percentage of gas stations have no gas. Initial estimates of damage run from $20 billion to $50 billion.

The destruction in the Florida Keys is reported to be extensive, possibly requiring the evacuation of 10,000 people who stayed through the storm.

Close to the eastern coast, Jacksonville was hit by high tide, a storm surge, and torrential rains that caused flooding the city has not seen in 100 years.

The Caribbean Plan: British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, who rode out Irma in the wine cellar of his Caribbean retreat, called for the equivalent of the post- World War II Marshall plan to rebuild the resort islands.

European countries that own or have history with the islands would pay for it.

Describing the damage late last week on Virgin Gorda, a British island, Branson posted that, “The boats are piled up like matchsticks in the harbour. Huge cargo ships were thrown out of the water and into rocks. Resorts have been decimated.”

Pyongyang Punishment: The UN Security Council voted yesterday to crank up sanctions on North Korea, but softened US demands in order to satisfy Russia and China.

The sanctions will cut oil shipments to North Korea by 30 percent, allow the inspection of ships going to and from the country, and ban all textile exports.

The Council rejected an all-out oil embargo, which Russia said would be destabilizing. The Council also softened several other US proposals, including authorizing force to inspect ships, freezing Kim Jong-un’s assets, and placing a ban on North Korean workers hired in other countries, which would have cut a major flow of hard currency to the North.

Crime Blotter: Nine people died Sunday night, including the suspect, in a shooting at a Plano, Texas home where friends had gathered to watch football. The suspect was killed by a police officer who responded to a report of gunshots. One wounded victim survived.

Police said their officer heard continuing gunshots as he approached the house. They said he went to the back yard, where he saw bodies, and went inside where he confronted the shooter.

Several guns were found at the scene.

Initial reports suggest that the gunman may have been the estranged husband of the 27-year-old woman who lived in the home. She was killed.

Small Screen: Conservative Valkyrie Laura Ingraham is set to be handed the 10 pm hour on Fox News, replacing Sean Hannity, who moves to 9, according to several news outlets. Ingraham is a radio host who’s been a popular Fox contributor for years.

The shuffle was forced by the firing of Eric Bolling, and the loss of his show, “Specialists.” Also, Fox needed a primetime blonde.

Apple Phone Home: Apple is announcing today the release of its newest iteration of the iPhone, to be called the “iPhone X.” Two notable things about it: the phone will cost $1,000, and it may do away with the home button. Apple assumes that millions of users who never figured out everything the iPhone does even with a home button will now figure out how to do without one.

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