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As Irma moves further north on the inland U.S., the scope and scale of misery caused by the storm continues to grow, including its human toll. Irma, at one point the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the open Atlantic, has claimed the lives of dozens of people across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
Hurricane Irma: Bonita Springs, Fla
Carolyn Cole removes her belongings from her home that was flooded by Hurricane Irma on September 12, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Hurricane Irma: Naples, Fla
A damaged house is seen at the Enchanted Shores manufactured home park in Naples, Florida, on September 11, 2017 after Hurricane Irma hit Florida. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM
Hurricane Irma: Naples, Fla
Two retirees ride tricycles through a flooded street at the Enchanted Shores manufactured home park in Naples, Florida, on September 11, 2017 after Hurricane Irma hit Florida. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
Hurricane Irma: Bonita Springs, Fla
Carolyn Cole removes her belongings from her home that was flooded by Hurricane Irma on September 12, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
Hurricane Irma: Antigua and Barbuda
Houses are seen on September 8, 2017 in Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda, devastated by Hurricane Irma. (AFP PHOTO / Gemma HANDY)
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A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on September 10, 2017 shows destruction in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands left by Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MOD / LPhoto Joel ROUSE)
Hurricane Irma: Puerto Rico
A woman pulls a travel case on a rock scattered road in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on September 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO)
Hurricane Irma: Havana, Cuba
Cubans stand bt a collapsed building in Havana, on September 9, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
Hurricane Irma: Havana, Cuba
Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on September 10, 2017.
Deadly Hurricane Irma battered central Cuba on Saturday, knocking down power lines, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off homes as it headed towards Florida. Authorities said they had evacuated more than a million people as a precaution, including about 4,000 in the capital.
(AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
Hurricane Irma: Havana, Cuba
Cubans recover their belongings after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
Hurricane Irma: Havana, Cuba
Cubans recover their belongings after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 10, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
Hurricane Irma: Havana, Cuba
View of damages after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 10, 2017. Residents of Cuba's historic capital Havana were waist-deep in floodwaters after Hurricane Irma, on its way to Florida, swept by, cutting off power and forcing the evacuation of more than a million people. (AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGE)
Hurricane Irma: Haiti
Marie Charlotte walks through water near her house that was flooded, in Malfeti, in the city of Fort Liverte, in the north east of Haiti, on September 8, 2017, during the passage of Hurricane Irma. (AFP PHOTO / HECTOR RETAMAL)
Hurricane Irma: Haiti
Maria walks in the water in her house that was flooded, in Malfeti, in the city of Fort Liverte, in the north east of Haiti, on September 8, 2017, during the passage of Hurricane Irma. (AFP PHOTO / HECTOR RETAMAL)
Hurricane Irma: Saint-Martin
A sailor leaves with his belongings after loosing his boat in Marigot, on September 9, 2017 in Saint-Martin island devastated by Irma hurricane.
Officials on the island of Guadeloupe, where French aid efforts are being coordinated, suspended boat crossings to the hardest-hit territories of St. Martin and St. Barts where 11 people have died. (AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU)
Hurricane Irma: Saint-Martin
French firemen provide bottles of water to inhabitants of the Sandy Ground area of Marigot, on September 10, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma. (AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU)
Hurricane Irma: Saint-Martin
A picture taken on September 11, 2017 shows the rubbles from collapsed buildings in Grand-Case, on the French Caribbean island of Saint-Martin after it was hit by Hurricane Irma. / AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU
Hurricane Irma: Saint-Martin
A picture taken on September 11, 2017 shows the rubbles from collapsed buildings in Grand-Case, on the French Caribbean island of Saint-Martin after it was hit by Hurricane Irma. (AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU)
Hurricane Irma: Everglades City, Fla
Olga Schramm takes a video on her phone of the damage as she rides into Everglades City, Fla., trying to get home to Chokoloskee on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 after Hurricane Irma. (Katie Klann/Naples Daily News via AP)
Hurricane Irma: Jacksonville, Fla
Rescue workers, left, search a neighborhood for flood victims as a man on a kayak down the street after Hurricane Irma brought floodwaters to Jacksonville, Fla. Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Hurricane Irma: Florida Keys
Damaged sail boats are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in the Florida Keys. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Hurricane Irma: Florida Keys
Damaged houses are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in the Florida Keys. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Huricane Irma: Jacksonville, Fla
In this Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, photo provided by DroneBase, people trudge through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Jacksonville, Fla. In a parting blow to the state, the storm caused record flooding in the Jacksonville area. (DroneBase via AP)
Hurricane Irma: Jacksonville, Fla
John Duke tries to figure out how to salvage his flooded vehicle in the wake Hurricane Irma, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Hurricane Irma: Naples, Fla
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. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
