In pictures: Hurricane Irma blasts Florida

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GOES satellite shows Hurricane Irma as it moves on the Florida coast as Tropical Storm Jose (R) moves west in the Atlantic Ocean taken at 05:30 GMT, 11 SeptemberImage source, Getty Images
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A satellite image on Monday morning shows storm Irma over Florida with another storm, Jose, out at sea

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People were offered shelter at the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida

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This man was wading across a flooded street in Miami on Sunday

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A crane dramatically collapsed in Downtown Miami on to a building in construction

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Roofs were blown off in Miami

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This petrol station was pummelled by Irma in Bonita Springs, Florida

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Mobile homes in Bonita Springs have been flooded

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Tampa residents take photographs in the drained Hillsborough bay ahead of Hurricane Irma's arrival

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Trees and a children's trampoline block a Pompano Beach street after being blown into a road during the storm

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A boat storage unit in Hollywood, Florida, was destroyed by high winds

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A petrol station on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami felt the full force of the winds

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Parts of Miami became severely flooded, despite it missing a direct hit from Hurricane Irma's eye

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The National Guard helped evacuated patients from hospitals in the Lower Keys