NOW: Verizon is down for users across the US, leaving them unable to make phones calls or send text messages.

Users reported their smartphones are stuck on SOS in several states.

Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, shows disruptions in Los Angeles, New York City, Dallas and Phoenix.

Those in Florida have reported similar issues on social media, hours after Hurricane Milton knocked out power for nearly three million people.

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