Battered Florida Tries To Assess Scope of Irma

Battered Florida tries to assess scope of Irma's destruction
MIAMI (AP) Aid rushed in to hurricane-scarred Florida early Tuesday, residents began to dig out,
and officials slowly pieced together the scope of Irma's vicious path of destruction across the
peninsula.
Even as glimmers of hope emerged from parts of the state forecasters once worried would be razed
by the storm, the fate of the Florida Keys, where Irma rumbled through with Category 4 muscle,
remained largely a question mark. Communication and access were cut and authorities dangled only
vague assessments of ruinous impact.
"It's devastating," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said after emerging from a Monday fly-over of the Keys.
A Navy aircraft carrier was due to anchor off Key West to help in search-and-rescue efforts. Drinking
water supplies in the Keys were cut off, fuel was running low and all three hospitals in the island
chain were shuttered. The governor described overturned mobile homes, washed-ashore boats and
rampant flood damage.
Key West resident Laura Keeney was waiting in a Miami hotel until it was safe to return to the island
chain and anxious to hear more about her apartment complex. Her building manager told her there
was flooding at her unit, but further updates were hard to come by because power and cell phone
service has been down on the island.
"They told me there is definitely water in the downstairs apartment, which is me," said Keeney, who
works as a concierge at the Hyatt in Key West.
A stunning 13 million people, two-thirds of the third-largest state's residents, plodded on in the
tropical heat without electricity, and nearly every corner of Florida felt Irma's power. In a parting
blow to the state before pushing on to Georgia and beyond, the storm caused record flooding in and
around Jacksonville, causing untold damage and prompting dozens of rescues. It also spread misery
into Georgia and South Carolina as it moved inland with winds at 50 mph, causing flooding and
power outages.
Six deaths in Florida have been blamed on Irma, along with three in Georgia and one in South
Carolina. At least 35 people were killed in the Caribbean.
More than 180,000 people huddled in shelters in the Sunshine State and officials warned it could
take weeks for electricity to be restored to everyone.
The governor said it was way too early to put a dollar estimate on the damage.
During its march up Florida's west coast, Irma swamped homes, uprooted trees, flooded streets,
snapped miles of power lines and toppled construction cranes.
Around the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, where Irma rolled through early Monday, damage appeared
modest. And the governor said damage on the southwest coast, including in Naples and Fort Myers,
was not as bad as feared. In the Keys, though, he said "there is devastation."
"It's horrible, what we saw," Scott said. "I know for our entire state, especially the Keys, it's going to
be a long road."
He said the Navy dispatched the USS Iwo Jima, USS New York and the aircraft carrier Abraham
Lincoln to help with relief efforts.
Emergency managers in the islands declared Monday "the Keys are not open for business" and
warned that there was no fuel, electricity, running water or cell service and that supplies were low
and anxiety high.
"HELP IS ON THE WAY," they promised on Facebook.
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Pedestrians walk by a flooded car on a street as Tropical Storm Irma hits Charleston, S.C., Monday,
Sept. 11, 2017.
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Makensie and Tina Bell fight through a wind gust as their umbrella collapses while out walking during
Hurricane Irma which had been downgraded to a tropical storm in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September
11, 2017.
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People explore storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River at Memorial
Park on September 11, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the
river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
People explore storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River at Memorial
Park on September 11, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the
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Damage to a roof is shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in South
West coast of Florida.
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Carl Kesser and his children, Kia Kesser and Jason Kesser (L-R) hang out at the Tavern In the Grove bar
after hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 11, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Florida took a
direct hit from the Hurricane.
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A child plays at his family's flooded gas station in the heavily damaged town of Everglades City the
day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on September 11, 2017 in Everglades City, Florida.
Hurricane Irma made another landfall near Naples yesterday after inundating the Florida Keys.
Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
8/127 SLIDES Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Residents without power at home charge their mobile phones using electrical outlets at the base of
palm trees in the plaza in front of the new city hall building September 11, 2017 in Homestead,
Florida. Hurricane Irma, which made landfall on Sunday, knocked out power for hundreds of
thousands of people in Florida.
Two young women explore storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River at
Memorial Park on Sept. 11, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the
Justin Hand navigates storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River on
Sept. 11, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a
record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.

A tree trimmer cuts a tree that was damaged when hurricane Irma passed through the area on
September 11, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Florida took a direct hit from the Hurricane.
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Kelly McClenthen returns to see the flood damage to her home with her boyfriend Daniel Harrison in
the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Bonita Springs, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
Larry Dimas walks around his destroyed trailer, which he rents out to others, in the aftermath of
Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. His tenants evacuated, and nobody was
inside when it was destroyed.
14/127 SLIDES Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images
Kids play among fallen oak trees in the Dommerich Estates neighborhood in Maitland Fla. on
Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 after Hurricane Irma passed through central Florida on Sunday night.
15/127 SLIDES John Raoux/AP Photo
A patient is evacuated by boat from the St. Vincent's Medical Center after floodwaters from
Hurricane Irma covered the first floor of the hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
16/127 SLIDES Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
Gilberto Diaz, age 42, stand in four feet of water in his neighborhood of Bonita Springs. Originally
from Guatemala, he has been living in Florida since 1994. In a modest income area of Bonita Springs,
Florida, floodwaters reached waist deep in some areas flooding homes and cars in the areas. Some
residents returned on Monday to retrieve belongings.
Philippa Regueira returns home through a street littered with downed trees and branches after
seeking shelter in a friend's home after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 11,
2017 in Miami, Florida. Florida took a direct hit from the Hurricane.
Olga Teakell hugs her grandson Gabriel Melendez, 9, after he cut his finger on glass, while he and his
bother Ellisha Melendez, 12, left, help clean debris from Olga's destroyed home, in the Naples
Estates mobile home park, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Naples, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11,
2017.
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John Duke tries to figure out how to salvage his flooded vehicle in the wake Hurricane Irma, Monday,
Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla.
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This photo provided by the Governor's Press Office, Gov. Rick Scott looks out the window of a C-130
as he looks at damage to the Florida Keys during the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11,
2017.
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Police officers climb atop a vehicle, from which they reported no fatalities, while trying to salvage it
from the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in North Port, Florida, U.S. September 11, 2017.
22/127 SLIDES Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Wrecked boats that have come ashore are pictured in Coconut Grove following Hurricane Irma in
Miami, Florida, U.S., September 11, 2017.
A tree blocks a road after it was downed by winds from Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017 in
Miami, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday,
lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
Mexican immigrants gather outside their home which was left devastated by Hurricane Irma in
Naples, Florida, U.S. September 11, 2017.
People watch storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River in the Five
Points neighborhood Sept. 11, 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along
the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
26/127 SLIDES Bryan Woolston/Reuters
A trailer home with a front ripped off by Hurricane Irma winds is seen near Napels, Florida,
September 11, 2017.
27/127 SLIDES Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
Hurricane Irma whips an aluminum carport in the north Florida panhandle community of Shell Point
Beach September 11, 2017 in Crawfordville, Florida.
A teen walks through flooded streets the morning after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on
September 11, 2017 in Naples, Florida.
A municipal worker removes a street sign from a roadway near Hurricane Irma near Naples, Florida,
September 11, 2017.
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Boats sit on the bottom in the north Florida panhandle community of Shell Point Beach as Hurricane
Irma pulls the water out September 11, 2017 in Crawfordville, Florida.
31/127 SLIDES David Goldman/AP
A roof is strewn across a home's lawn as Rick Freedman checks his neighbor's damage from
Hurricane Irma in Marco Island, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
32/127 SLIDES Robert Ray/AP Photo
Debris lines a street in Naples, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
33/127 SLIDES Mark Wilson/Getty Images
The roof of a gas station is shown damaged by Hurricane Irma winds on September 11, 2017. in
Bonita Springs, Florida.
34/127 SLIDES Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Estrella Palacios walks through debris caused by Hurricane Irma on Brickell Avenue in Miami on
September 11, 2017.
35/127 SLIDES Gregg Newton/Reuters
A tree sits atop two cars in wake of Hurricane Irma making landfall in Kissimmee, Florida, September
11, 2017.
36/127 SLIDES Red Huber, Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images
Palm Bay officer Dustin Terkoski walks over debris from a two-story home at Palm Point Subdivision
in Brevard County after a tornado touched down on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
37/127 SLIDES Carlos Barria/Reuters
A vehicle drives along Ocean Drive in South Beach as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, in
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., September 10, 2017.
38/127 SLIDES Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images
Storms clouds move in over the skyline of downtown Orlando as Hurricane Irma makes its way up the
Florida peninsula on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
39/127 SLIDES U.S. Air Force/Handout via Reuters
U.S. Air Force transport plane carries doctors to provide assistance to those impacted by Hurricane
Irma in Orlando, Florida, U.S. in this handout photo obtained by Reuters September 10, 2017.
Boats are seen at a marina in Coconut Grove as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, in Miami,
Florida, U.S., September 10, 2017.
41/127 SLIDES Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images
Brickell Avenue in Miami, Fla. was flooded after Hurricane Irma on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
42/127 SLIDES Busch Gardens Tampa Bay/Handout via Reuters
Flamingos stand on straw bedding in a secure room after the flock at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay was
herded to safety due to the approach of Hurricane Irma in Tampa, Florida, U.S. September 10, 2017.
43/127 SLIDES David Goldman/AP Photo
An American flag is torn as Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
A truck is seen turned over as Hurricane Irma passes south Florida, in Miami, U.S. September 10,
2017.
45/127 SLIDES Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Peter Moodley wades through floodwater caused by the storm surge to assess the damage for
himself, as the full effect of Hurricane Irma struck Miami, Fla., on Sept. 10, 2017.
Fernando 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.
47/127 SLIDES Wilfredo Lee/AP Photos
Sailboats moored near Watson Island ride out the winds and waves as Hurricane Irma passes by on
Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla.
48/127 SLIDES Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Mark Depenbrock (L) and his daughter Chloe Depenbrock brace against tropical storm strength winds
on the beach near Anglins Fishing Pier as Hurricane Irma hits the southern part of the state on Sept.
10, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Debris is strewn across a normally busy street in South Beach as Hurricane Irma passes by on Sept.
10, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla.
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Stranded motorists try to get back in their car after a breakdown as Hurricane Irma bears down on
the Florida Keys on Sept. 10, 2017, in Hialeah, Fla.
Waves crash over a seawall from Biscayne Bay as Hurricane Irma passes by on Sept. 10, 2017, in
Miami.
Recently planted palm trees lie strewn across the road as Hurricane Irma passes by on Sept. 10, 2017,
in Miami Beach, Fla.
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PJ Pike checks on his boat, left, and his friends boat, right, which are sitting in their moorings in mud
due to an unusually low tide, as the first effects of Hurricane Irma reach Fort Myers, Fla. on Sept. 10,
2017.
People walk along a street in South Beach as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, in Miami Beach,
Florida, on, Sept. 10, 2017.
Heavy wind is seen along Ocean Drive in South Beach as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, in
Miami Beach, Florida on Sept. 10, 2017.

Trees and branches are seen after being knocked down by the high winds as hurricane Irma arrives
on Sept. 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
Jonvi Delsol checks out what is happening on her street as high winds and rain from hurricane Irma
arrive on Sept. 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
Debris blown around by high winds is seen in the street as hurricane Irma arrives on Sept. 10, 2017 in
Miami, Florida.
59/127 SLIDES Erik S. LesserEPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
A person photographs the fierce winds with his mobile phone as the full effects of Hurricane Irma
strike in Miami, Florida.
Heavy wind is seen along Ocean Drive in South Beach as Hurricane Irma in Miami Beach, Florida, on
Sept. 10, 2017.
Wind and rain from Hurricane Irma blows through the streets on Sept. 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
People wait in line to enter the Germain Arena that is serving as a shelter from Hurricane Irma on
Sept. 9, 2017 in Estero, Florida.
63/127 SLIDES Andy Newman/AP Photo
Hurricane Specialist Robbie Berg, left, and Ed Rappaport, right, the acting director of the National
Hurricane Center, participate in a coordinating conference call for a Hurricane Irma forecast package
on Sept. 9, 2017, at the hurricane center in Miami.
64/127 SLIDES Robin Respaut/Reuters
Sheryl and Rick Estes, right, take shelter from Hurricane Irma inside the Germain Arena in Estero,
Florida, on Sept. 9, 2017.
Residents holding their cats wait in line for entrance into a shelter at the Germain Arena in Estero,
Florida, on Sept. 9, 2017.
Residents carry their belongings into a shelter ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Estero, Florida
on Sept. 9, 2017.
67/127 SLIDES Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo
People stand next to palm trees as they look at churning waves and high winds along Hollywood
Beach, Fla., on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
68/127 SLIDES Brian Blanco/Getty Images
Having trouble finding a hotel room, members of the Watson family, of St. Petersburg, debate a
passing motorist's offer to take in their dogs as they wait on the side of the road and weigh their
options while attempting to evacuate the area ahead of Hurricane Irma.
Police cars block a road strewn with debris from roof damage caused by high winds brought on by
Hurricane Irma, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
Arnold Naintre leans into the winds as Hurricane Irma approaches on Sept. 9, 2017 in Miami Beach,
Florida. Florida is in the path of the hurricane.
71/127 SLIDES Gerald Herbert/AP
A car rides in the shoulder to pass other cars in evacuation traffic on I-75 N, near Brooksville, Fla., in
advance of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 9, 2017.
72/127 SLIDES Gregg Newton/Reuters
Luggage is seen waiting to be checked at Orlando International Airport ahead of Hurricane Irma
making landfall on Sept. 9, 2017.
73/127 SLIDES David Goldman/AP
Hector Padron carries his mattress as evacuees are moved to another building with more bathrooms
while sheltering at Florida International University ahead of Hurricane Irma in Miami, Saturday, Sept.
9, 2017.
Funky Matas skateboards along South Beach as the effects of Hurricane Irma are felt in Miami Beach,
Fla., Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
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High surf from Hurricane Irma crashes below the Dania Beach Pier on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in
Dania Beach, Fla.
76/127 SLIDES NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
A sign is posted on a door at a hurricane shelter in Naples, Florida on September 9, 2017.
77/127 SLIDES SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
A freeway is empty as winds and rain in the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Miami, Florida,
Sept. 9, 2017.
The skyline is seen as the outerbands of Hurricane Irma start to reach Florida on Sept. 9 in Miami,
Florida.

Monica Gutierrez and her dog Tyson look out at the storm clouds and churning ocean as Hurricane
Irma approaches on Sept. 9 in Miami Beach, Florida.
Dark clouds are seen over Miami's skyline prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma in south Florida on
Sept. 9.
81/127 SLIDES Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
The crew of a WC-130J Super Hercules from the U.S. Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance
Squadron, know as "Hurricane Hunters," hold a briefing at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi
before taking off to fly into the eye of Hurricane Irma off the coast of southern Florida on Sept. 8.
Winds and rain begin to hit the beach as outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Miami Beach, Florida
on Sept. 9.
A main street leading to Miami Beach is nearly deserted as outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in
Miami Beach, Florida on Sept. 9. Hurricane Irma weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm early
Saturday, according to the US National Hurricane Center, after making landfall hours earlier in Cuba
with maximum-strength Category 5 winds.
Courtney Vernon pauses on the beach in Naples before the arrival of Hurricane Irma into Southwest
Florida on Sept. 9 in Naples, Florida.
85/127 SLIDES Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
An onboard screen shows the WC-130J Super Hercules from the Air Force's 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron known as the "Hurricane Hunters" as it flies through the eye of Hurricane
Irma as the storm approaches the coast of Florida on Sept. 8, 2017.
Senior keeper Jennifer Nelson walks a cheetah to a shelter ahead of the downfall of Hurricane Irma
at the Miami Zoo in Miami, Florida, U.S. on Sept. 9.
A tourist poses for a picture outside of a shop in South Beach prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma in
Miami, Florida on Sept. 9.
Flamingos at Zoo Miami, are shown in a temporary enclosure in a hurricane resistant structure within
the zoo on Sept. 9 in Miami. Though most animals will reman in their secure structures, the cheetahs
and some birds will ride out the storm in temporary housing.
89/127 SLIDES Chris O'Meara/AP Photo
Troy Mollohan, of Tampa, Fla., fills sand bags along the beach at the Davis Islands yacht basin on
Sept. 9 in Tampa, Fla.
People wait to enter Miami Southridge High School that is being used as a shelter for evacuees as
Hurricane Irma approaches in South Miami Heights, Florida.
Brian Kochendorfer and friend Andrea Sensecqua work together to place sandbags around
Sensecqua's home as residents and visitors prepare their property and evacuate the area ahead of
Hurricane Irma in Fort Myers, Florida.
Empty gas pumps are wrapped and surrounded by tape at a Mobil Gas Station in the Little Havana
neighborhood in Miami, Florida on Sept. 8, 2017.
Signs warning of road closures are seen above the road in Miami Beach, Florida.
94/127 SLIDES Bruce Weaver/AFP/Getty Images
As Hurricane Irma approaches Florida a shopper in Port St. John, near Kennedy Space Center,
ponders the empty soup shelves in a market.
95/127 SLIDES Carlo Allegri/Reuters
A boarded up business is pictured in advance of Hurricane Irma's expected arrival in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
Hundreds of people gather in an emergency shelter at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center in
Miami, Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma.
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Boats that can't be evacuated are tied off in canals to protect them from Hurricane Irma in Key Largo,
Florida.
Residents use scavenged materials to protect their home in preparation for Hurricane Irma in
Immokalee, Florida on Sept. 8, 2017.
People enjoy the beaches and fishing pier in Naples before the arrival of Hurricane Irma into
Southwest Florida in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Dogs sit inside their cages as hundreds of people gather in a pet-friendly emergency shelter at the
Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center in Miami, Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma.
People fill bags with sand as they prepare for the approaching Hurricane Irma in Homestead, Florida.
102/127 SLIDES NASA/NOAA GOES Project/Getty Images
In this NASA/NOAA handout image, NOAA's GOES satellite shows Hurricane Irma (C) in the Caribbean
Sea, Tropical Storm Jose (R) in the Atlantic Ocean and Tropical Storm Katia in the Gulf of Mexico
taken at 15:45 UTC on Sept. 8, 2017.
Sandbags sit outside a police station office as a worker secures the grounds of a hotel along the
beach ahead of Hurricane Irma in Daytona Beach, Fla.
104/127 SLIDES Gaston De Cardenas/AP Photo
Hanz Paez, left, and Cirous Amiri, right buy wood at a Home Depot in South Miami Dade to secure
their property in anticipation of Hurricane Irma early on Sept. 8, 2017 in Miami, Fla.
105/127 SLIDES Mike Stewart/AP Photo
Heavy traffic on Interstate 75 moves slowly on Sept. 8, 2017, in Forrest Park, South of Atlanta. A
massive evacuation has clogged Florida's major highways.
People at a Red Cross shelter set up at North Miami Beach Senior High School wait in line for lunch,
on Sept. 8, 2017 in North Miami Beach, Fla.
In downtown Miami, people wait to get on a bus headed to Orlando under mandatory evacuation
plan on Sept. 7, 2017.
108/127 SLIDES Erik.S.Lesser/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
A business owner boards up windows of a restaurant ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Irma
in downtown Miami, Florida, on Sept. 8, 2017.
109/127 SLIDES Andrea Hanks/Courtesy of the White House/Handout/Reuters
President Donald Trump is seen in an official White House handout photo with U.S. Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Thomas Bossert, Vice President Mike
Pence and Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell as he participates in an Oval Office briefing
tracking the approach of Hurricane Irma towards the coast of Florida, at the White House in
Washington, on Sept. 7, 2017.
110/127 SLIDES Michele Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images
People crowd Fort Lauderdale International Airport as evacuation is underway for the arrival of
Hurricane Irma on Sept. 7, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
111/127 SLIDES NOAA GOES Project/Getty Images
In this NOAA handout image, NOAA's GOES satellite shows Hurricane Irma as it moves towards the
Florida Coast in the Caribbean Sea taken at 03:30 UTC on Sept.07, 2017.

Mariners work together to secure each other's vessels at Harbor Square Marina as residents in the
area prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 07, 2017 in Meritt Island, Florida
Inmate trustees from the Brevard County Jail work to fill and load sandbags for residents as people in
the area prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 07, 2017 in Meritt Island, Florida.
Preparations on Miami Beach are underway for Hurricane Irma, as it makes its way towards Florida
on Sept. 7, 2017.
115/127 SLIDES Alan Diaz/AP Photo
A motorist fills up containers with gas as he prepares for Hurricane Irma on Sept. 7, 2017, in Miami.
A women does her shopping to prepare for the approaching Hurricane Irma on Sept. 7, 2017 in
Miami Beach, Florida.
Sandbags sit at a doorway to a boarded-up store following mandatory evacuation orders in Miami
Beach, Florida on Sept. 7, 2017.
People stand on the top deck of a departing cruise ship as the city prepares for the approaching
hurricane on Sept. 7, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.
119/127 SLIDES Joe Skippe/REUTERS
Residents wait in line to purchase propane gas as they continue to prepare for Hurricane Irma's
expected arrival, on Sept. 6, 2017 in Boca Raton, Florida.
Winston Mora and Gus Sousa (L-R) put hurricane shutters on a business as they prepare for
Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
121/127 SLIDES MICHELE EVE SANDBERG/AFP/Getty Images
Boats are evacuated as people prepare for Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017 in Haulover Beach,
Florida.
122/127 SLIDES Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images
JC Abreu, Peter Gonzalez, and Jorge Abreu with Hurricane Busters Enterprises install hurricane
shutters on Sept. 6, 2017, at a home in Key Largo in preparation for Hurricane Irma.
123/127 SLIDES MICHELE EVE SANDBERG/AFP/Getty Images
People make Hurricane Irma preparations at a Winn Dixie store in South Florida on Sept. 6, 2017 in
Hallandale, Florida.
124/127 SLIDES Joe Skipper/Reuters

In preparation of Hurricane Irma, residents of Boca Raton line up for propane in Boca Raton, Fla. on
Sept. 6, 2017.
People put up shutters as they prepare the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre for Hurricane
Irma on Sept. 6, 2017 in Miami.
Nearly empty shelves are seen as people stock up.
Michelle Smith checks her smart phone for news while clutching her dog Sophia as she leaves a
Home Depot store with storm preparation supplies in Tampa, Florida.
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The Keys are linked by 42 bridges that have to be checked for safety before motorists can be allowed
in, officials said. The governor said the route also needs to be cleared of debris and sand, but should
be usable fairly quickly.
In the Jacksonville area, close to the Georgia line, storm surge brought some of the worst flooding
ever seen there, with at least 46 people pulled from swamped homes.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office warned residents along the St. Johns River to "Get out NOW."
"If you need to get out, put a white flag in front of your house. A t-shirt, anything white," the office
said on its Facebook page. "Search and rescue teams are ready to deploy."
Paul Johnson and Shonda Brecheen spent Sunday night in a house they're remodeling in the San
Marco neighborhood of Jacksonville after working late on a remodeling project. Jonhson woke up
Monday morning, looked out the window and saw boats passing by where cars used to drive in the
neighborhood near the river.
"I'm 32, I've lived here most of my life, and I've never seen anything like that," he said.
A tornado spun off by Irma was reported on the Georgia coast, and firefighters inland had to rescue
several people after trees fell on their homes.
A tropical storm warning was issued for the first time ever in Atlanta, and school was canceled in
communities around the state. More than 1.5 million customers were without power Monday night
in Georgia.
Irma, weakened to a tropical depression, is expected to push into Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee over the next two days.
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Ferguson reported from Jacksonville. Associated Press writers Seth Borenstein in Washington; Terry
Spencer in Palm Beach County; Gary Fineout and Joe Reedy in Tallahassee; Jay Reeves in Immokalee;
Terrance Harris and Claire Galofaro in Orlando; and Jason Dearen, Freida Frisaro, Curt Anderson and
David Fischer in Miami contributed to this report.
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21/127 SLIDES Adrees Latif/Reuters

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