New Photos From Florida Reveal The True Devastation of Hurricane Irma

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New Photos From Florida Reveal The True Devastation of Hurricane Irma

Daily Express

A confluence of major storms rolled up and across the southern United States over the last two weeks. After Harvey leveled Houston the US came together to help the city get back on its feet. They didn't have long to wait before Hurricane Irma came bearing down on the coast of Florida.

Irma had already leveled entire islands through the Caribbean, and was likely going to be the most powerful storm to make landfall in decades. Though it didn't hammer Florida as hard as many people were expecting, and bracing for, that didn't make its destructive wake any less intense or eye-opening.

Here is Hurricane Irma's war-path in pictures.  

Daily Mail

A police officer surveys the remains of what appears to be part of someone's home.

7News

A local resident walks through the flooded streets of Florida.

FirstPost

This trailer park was almost completely leveled when Irma passed overheard.

Daily Express

The ground that this house once sat on was eroded away by the pounding waves and storm surge.

The Telegraph

This CitGO gas station was leveled by hurricane winds, luckily the tanks didn't explode due to the damage.  

Concord Monitor

Kids playing around a massive, uprooted tree. Who knows how strong the winds needed to be to rip this ancient tree, roots and all.

People

That is a boat on the side of a road. Anything that Irma picked up, she tossed wherever she wanted.

CTV News

More severe flooding.

We are wishing all of Florida a speedy recovery as you begin to rebuild and heal.