The Wreckage Left in Irma's Path Across the Caribbean and Southeastern United States

Alan Taylor
Sep 13, 2017
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Days after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and several U.S. states, government officials and residents are beginning to assess the widespread damage, pick up the pieces, and figure out their next steps. For some Caribbean islands, like Saint Martin, the destruction is nearly total, with evacuations underway as officials try to rebuild basic infrastructure. FEMA reports that 25 percent of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed, while 65 percent were significantly damaged.

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This photo provided on September 8, 2017, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Virgin Gorda's Leverick Bay in the British Virgin Islands. #

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The St. Johns River rises from storm surge floodwaters from Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965. #

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Boats wrecked by Hurricane Irma, seen from a plane above Sint Maarten, Netherlands, on September 11, 2017. #

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Hurricane damage on the island of Saint Martin on September 11, 2017. #

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A before-and-after pair of satellite photos of Virgin Gorda island (click image to view transition). The winds of Hurricane Irma stripped away almost every bit of green foliage from the island, leaving it looking brown in this recent satellite view. This combo of natural-color images from NASA's Earth Observatory shows Virgin Gorda before the the passage of Hurricane Irma, on August 25, and (click to fade) after the storm passed, on September 10, 2017. #

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Dutch Royal Navy personnel distribute supplies for victims of Hurricane Irma on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, on September 8, 2017. #

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A car drives on a street after Hurricane Irma caused flooding and a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on September 10, 2017. #

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Children's bicycles sit in floodwater outside a home, as Ezequiel Cruz retrieves belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in Bonita Springs, Florida, on September 12, 2017. #

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A chair sits outside a collapsed coastal house, after Hurricane Irma passed the area in Vilano Beach, Florida, on September 12, 2017. #

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A rescue plane lands at Princess Juliana Airport in Saint Martin, soon after Hurricane Irma devastated the island. #

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People are evacuated from the island of Saint Martin after the passage of Hurricane Irma, on September 11, 2017. #

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A soldier of the French Gendarmerie chases alleged looters as they run past Hurricane Irma wreckage, on the French island of Saint Martin, near Marigot, on September 8, 2017. #

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A damaged sailboat is shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys, on September 11, 2017. #

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Boats, cars, and other debris clog waterways in the Florida Keys, two days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the state, on September 12, 2017, in Marathon, Florida. #

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Alfonso Jose Jr., 2, is floated down his flooded street by his parents as they wade through water to reach an open convenience store in the wake of Hurricane Irma in Bonita Springs, Florida, on September 12, 2017. #

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Two days after Hurricane Irma, Rodriquez Benjamin, 86, stands in his the doorway to his room waiting for help to arrive, without power, food, or water, at Cypress Run, an assisted living facility in Immokalee, Florida, on September 12, 2017. #

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A view of buildings partially destroyed by Irma, during the visit of France's President Emmanuel Macron, on the French Caribbean island of St. Martin, on September 12, 2017. #

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Florida Army National Guard Captain Adam Cockrell and Private First Class Daniel Jimenez from Delta Company, 1st Battallion, 124th Infantry, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, inspect vehicles left on a bridge connecting Big Pine Key and No Name Key in Marathon, Florida, on September 12, 2017. Working in conjunction with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, the guardsmen traveled up and down the Keys all night to deter looting and to make safety checks on residents. #

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Overturned trailer homes, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, on September 11, 2017, in the Florida Keys. #

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A man looks at a destroyed house following Hurricane Irma, on September 12, 2017, in Lower Matecumbe Key in the Florida Keys. #

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Cattle stand in a flooded field after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Hastings, Florida, on September 11, 2017. #

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Cars wait in line for gas station in Orient Bay, Saint Martin, days after the island sustained extensive damage after the passing of Hurricane Irma, on September 12, 2017. #

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A woman carries a child as she collects food delivered by French firemen in the Sandy Ground area of Marigot, on September 12, 2017, on Saint Martin island. #

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A tree collapsed on a house during Hurricane Irma, in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 2017. #

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A sunken boat is pictured in an aerial photo in the Keys in Marathon, Florida, on September 13, 2017. #

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A view of the damage after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in the Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, Cuba, on September 10, 2017. #

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The destroyed Methodist church in Marigot, Saint Martin, days after the island sustained extensive damage after the passing of Hurricane Irma, on September 12, 2017. #

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Damaged boats are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, on September 11, 2017, in the Florida Keys. #

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Sister Margaret Ann holds a chainsaw near Miami, Florida, on September 12, 2017. Police said the nun was cutting trees to clear the roadways around Archbishop Coleman Carrol High School in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. #

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Buildings damaged by Hurricane Irma are seen from the air on the British Virgin Islands, on September 10, 2017. #

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Boats, cars, and other debris clog waterways in the Florida Keys two days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the state, on September 12, 2017, in Marathon, Florida. #

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Patty Purdo (left) hugs a friend as she surveys the damage caused to her trailer home from Hurricane Irma at the Seabreeze Trailer Park in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys, on September 12, 2017. #

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A boat sits aground, after being blown from the dock into a marsh when Hurricane Irma passed through, in St. Marys, Georgia, on September 12, 2017. #

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Pastor Louicesse Dorsaint stands with his wife Maria Dorsaint in front of their church, Haitian United Evangelical Mission, which was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Irma, in Immokalee, Florida, on September 12, 2017. #

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Lora Castelo stands in a trailer park where her home used to be, in Islamorada, Florida, after the passing of Hurricane Irma, on September 12, 2017. #

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