Hurricane Irma hit the United States after storming through the Caribbean, and continues to lash the South as a tropical storm — with Florida’s first victim among the photos documenting the tragic aftermath of the rampaging winds!
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Hurricane Irma hit the United States after
storming through the Caribbean, and continues to lash the South as a tropical storm — with Florida's first victim among the photos documenting the tragic aftermath of the rampaging winds!
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As seen here, one Florida citizen has posted a public appeal on social media asking for help in reportedly identifying one of Irma's first confirmed victims — with an elderly man said to be found dead in the wreckage of his car in the town of Marathon.
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The exterior of this apartment complex was ripped open as the winds toppled a huge tree in Lakeland.
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The shores of Miami were quickly sent overflowing as the waves rolled in with Irma hitting landfall.
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A small home in the Florida Keys was buried underneath a fallen tree.
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The remains of a Subway sandwich shop can be seen underwater in Estero, along with the signage for a Publix grocery store torn down by the hurricane's gales.
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Residents of Miami were left wandering the few streets that weren't flooded — with debris now blocking the roadways.
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Other downtown Miami streets were left waiting for several feet of floodwaters to subside.
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The neighborhoods of Bonita Springs were left underwater as the town's neatly-tended homes were flooded.
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And even gas pumps were left ripped out of the ground after Irma stormed through Hollywood, Fla.
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Hurricane Irma hit the United States after
storming through the Caribbean, and continues to lash the South as a tropical storm — with Florida's first victim among the photos documenting the tragic aftermath of the rampaging winds!
Photo credit: Getty/Facebook
As seen here, one Florida citizen has posted a public appeal on social media asking for help in reportedly identifying one of Irma's first confirmed victims — with an elderly man said to be found dead in the wreckage of his car in the town of Marathon.
The exterior of this apartment complex was ripped open as the winds toppled a huge tree in Lakeland.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The shores of Miami were quickly sent overflowing as the waves rolled in with Irma hitting landfall.
A small home in the Florida Keys was buried underneath a fallen tree.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The remains of a Subway sandwich shop can be seen underwater in Estero, along with the signage for a Publix grocery store torn down by the hurricane's gales.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Residents of Miami were left wandering the few streets that weren't flooded — with debris now blocking the roadways.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Other downtown Miami streets were left waiting for several feet of floodwaters to subside.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The neighborhoods of Bonita Springs were left underwater as the town's neatly-tended homes were flooded.
Photo credit: Getty Images
And even gas pumps were left ripped out of the ground after Irma stormed through Hollywood, Fla.
Photo credit: Getty Images
