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PHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Irma leaves lives shattered and disrupted




A man walks against heavy winds after the passage of Hurricane Irma, at Caibarien, Villa Clara province, 330km east of Havana, on September 9, 2017.
Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened the storm to a Category Three, but it is still packing 125 mile-an-hour winds (205 kilometer per hour) and was expected to regain power before hitting the Florida Keys early Sunday, US forecasters said. The Cuban government extended its maximum state of alert to three additional provinces, including Havana, amid fears of flooding in low-lying areas. (AFP)

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. Two days after Hurricane Irma swept over the eastern Caribbean, killing at least 17 people and devastating thousands of homes, some islands braced for a second battering from Hurricane Jose this weekend. (AFP)

Cubans stand bt a collapsed building in Havana, on September 9, 2017.
Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened the storm to a Category Three, but it is still packing 125 mile-an-hour winds (205 kilometer per hour) and was expected to regain power before hitting the Florida Keys early Sunday, US forecasters said. The Cuban government extended its maximum state of alert to three additional provinces, including Havana, amid fears of flooding in low-lying areas. (AFP)

Local residents return home after the passage of Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Villa Clara province, 330km east of Havana, on September 9, 2017.
Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened the storm to a Category Three, but it is still packing 125 mile-an-hour winds (205 kilometer per hour) and was expected to regain power before hitting the Florida Keys early Sunday, US forecasters said. The Cuban government extended its maximum state of alert to three additional provinces, including Havana, amid fears of flooding in low-lying areas. (AFP)

Debris litter Cardsound Road into the Florida Keys as winds and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Key Largo, Florida on September 9, 2017.
The number of people in the US state of Florida under orders to evacuate in the face of approaching Hurricane Irma has climbed to 6.3 million, authorities said. (AFP)

A palm tree lays on a car after the passage of Hurricane Irma, near the shore in Marigot, on the island of St. Martin, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. The island is divided between French St. Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten. (AP)

Damaged buildings and fallen trees litter downtown Marigot, on the island of St. Martin, after the passing of Hurricane Irma, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. On the Dutch side of St. Martin, an island divided between French and Dutch control, an estimated 70 percent of the homes were destroyed by Irma, according to the Dutch government. The island is divided between French Saint-Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten. (AP)

Gretchen Summer, 79, and her son, Dave Payson, 52, take shelter from Hurricane Irma inside the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida, U.S. September 9, 2017. (Reuters)

Evacuees leaving the destruction of Hurricane Irma board a WC-130H of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard in St Martin September 9, 2017. (Reuters)

Chris Crosby pulls his boat from Spring Creek in the north Florida panhandle south of Tallahassee September 9, 2017 in Crawfordville, Florida. Current tracks for Hurricane Irma shows that it will hit Florida's west coast on Sunday (AFP)

View of flooded streets in Havana during the passage of Hurricane Irma, on September 9, 2017.
Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened it to a Category Three, but it is still packing winds of 125 miles (200 kilometer) per hour (AFP)

View of flooded streets during the passage of Hurricane Irma in Havana, on September 9, 2017.
Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened it to a Category Three, but it is still packing winds of 125 miles (200 kilometer) per hour. (AFP)

People wait in the cafeteria for their named to be called as a Red Cross volunteer (R) gives out room assignments at a shelter within the Pizzo Elementary School in Tampa, Florida, September 9, 2017, where Tampa residents are fleeing the evacuation zones ahead of Hurricane Irma's landfall.
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. (AFP)

Forecasters at the National Weather Service office monitor Hurricane Irma Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at the hurricane center in Miami. (AP)

An empty highway is seen in downtown Miami before the arrival of Hurricane Irma to south Florida, September 9, 2017. (Reuters)

Florida residents line the north bound interstate 75 as Hurricane Irma appraches the state in this Florida Highway Patrol photo released on September 8, 2017. Courtesy Florida Highway Patrol (Reuters)

A car drives along an empty highway in Miami before the arrival of Hurricane Irma to south Florida, September 9, 2017. (Reuters)

Strong waves brought by Hurricane Irma hit the Malecon seawall in Havana, Cuba, late Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AFP)

Rough surf churned up buy the approaching hurricane damage the docks at Whale harbour in the Florida Keys as winds and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Islamorada, Florida on September 9, 2017.
The number of people in the US state of Florida under orders to evacuate in the face of approaching Hurricane Irma has climbed to 6.3 million, authorities said. (AFP)

TOPSHOT - General view of wrecked boats in Geminga shipyard in Marigot, taken 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. Two days after Hurricane Irma swept over the eastern Caribbean, killing at least 17 people and devastating thousands of homes, some islands braced for a second battering from Hurricane Jose this weekend (AFP)