In pictures: Hurricane Irma blasts Florida

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 SeptemberGetty Images

A satellite image on Monday morning shows storm Irma over Florida with another storm, Jose, out at sea

People smoke cigarettes outside the Germain Arena, a facility used to shelter local residents during hurricane Irma in Estero, Florida, 10 SeptemberReuters

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

A local resident walks across a flooded street in downtown Miami as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, 10 SeptemberReuters

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

Broken crane is pictured in downtown MiamiReuters

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

Destroyed roofs in a residential area of Miami, 10 SeptemberReuters

Roofs were blown off in Miami

The crumbled canopy of a petrol station damaged by Hurricane Irma is seen in Bonita Springs, Florida, 10 SeptemberReuters

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

Flood water from Hurricane Irma surround a damaged mobile home in Bonita Springs, Florida, 10 SeptemberReuters

Mobile homes in Bonita Springs have been flooded

People in Tampa take photographs in drained bay with skyline in backgroundReuters

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

Trees and a trampoline are pictured blown into a roadGetty Images

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

A boat rack storage facility lays destroyed after Hurricane Irma blew though Hollywood, FloridaReuters

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

A fallen gas station sign along Biscayne Boulevard after the full effects of Hurricane Irma struck in Miami, Florida, USAEPA

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

Partially submerged car in flood waterGetty Images

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

Patients piled into an emergency aircraft evacuationGetty Images

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