As Hurricane Irma, now a tropical storm, moves out of Florida, images of the destruction left behind are beginning to appear. While the enormous storm caused widespread damage and flooding, and left more than 10 million without power, most reports indicate that most of Florida appears to have dodged a worst-case-scenario. Residents are now beginning to return to assess the damage, and begin recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Photos of the Damage Left by Hurricane Irma in Florida
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Read moreLarry Dimas walks around his destroyed trailer, which he rents out to others, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in Immokalee, Florida, on September 11, 2017. His tenants evacuated and nobody was inside when it was destroyed. #
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Read moreThe skyline is seen as the outer bands of Hurricane Irma start to reach Florida on September 9, 2017, in Miami, Florida. #
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Read moreA man rides a motorcycle through the wind and rain as Hurricane Irma arrives in southwest Florida on September 10, 2017, in Bonita Springs, Florida. #
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Read morePalm trees blow in the wind as Hurricane Irma arrives into southwest Florida on September 10, 2017, in Fort Myers, Florida. #
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Read moreFlooding begins in the Brickell neighborhood as Hurricane Irma passes Miami on September 10, 2017. #
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Read moreFernando Oropeza walks up the stairs after taking his dog Simon out for a walk at a hotel on September 10, 2017, in Fort Myers, Florida. #
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Read moreLaura Raymond walks down the stairs with a flashlight while leaving her mother-in-law's fourth floor apartment, where she rode out Hurricane Irma with her family, to return to their low-lying home a mile away in Marco Island, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA boat sits washed ashore at the Dinner Key marina after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 11, 2017, in Miami. #
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Read moreA collapsed construction crane in downtown Miami, as Hurricane Irma arrived in south Florida, on September 10, 2017. #
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Read moreBoats sit on the ground in the north Florida panhandle community of Shell Point Beach as Hurricane Irma pulls the water out on September 11, 2017, in Crawfordville, Florida. #
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Read moreResidents inspect the extreme receding water in Tampa Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma, on September 10, 2017, in Tampa, Florida. #
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Read moreThe Tampa skyline is seen in the background as local residents (from left) Rony Ordonez, Jean Dejesus, and Henry Gallego take photographs after walking into Hillsborough Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma in Tampa, on September 10, 2017. #
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Read moreBarren trees line a residential neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in Key Largo, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreBuilding owner Catharine Taylor Woods, front, and Jessica Newman, of the City of Wauchula, clean up broken glass after an awning blew off in Hurricane Irma and broke several windows on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA man walks through flooded streets the morning after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on September 11, 2017, in Naples, Florida. #
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Read moreDowned power lines are seen in Bonita Springs, Florida, northeast of Naples, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreKelly McClenthen returns to see the flood damage to her home with her boyfriend Daniel Harrison in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Bonita Springs, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreFloodwaters surround a mailbox in Bonita Springs on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA fire truck sits in a flooded area in the wake of Hurricane Irma, in Key Largo, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA boat lies secured in a canal between homes and flooded streets in Key Largo, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA damaged boat sits in the Dinner Key marina, on September 11, 2017, in Miami, Florida. #
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Read moreA tree blocks a road after it was downed by winds from Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017. in Miami, Florida. #
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Read moreA crocodile rests at the Dinner Key marina on September 11, 2017, in Miami, Florida. #
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Read moreSteve Slonan inspects a friend's home after Hurricane Irma hit the area on September 11, 2017, in East Naples, Florida. #
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Read moreA boat is partially submerged in the wake of Hurricane Irma, in Key Largo, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreA home damaged by a tree is seen in Tampa, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreTwo people pass a man in a canoe as they wade through the flooded streets of the San Marco historic district of Jacksonville, Florida, on September 11, 2017, after a storm surge from Hurricane Irma left the area flooded. #
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Read moreA mobile home, destroyed by Hurricane Irma, in Naples, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read moreWrecked boats that washed ashore are pictured in Coconut Grove following Hurricane Irma in Miami, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #
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Read morePhilippa Regueira returns home through a street littered with downed trees and branches after seeking shelter in a friend's home as Hurricane Irma passed through, on September 11, 2017, in Miami, Florida. #
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