Snap Maps, Periscope, Facebook Live Give Unique Views of Hurricane Irma
"Let's call it what it is, I'm screwed. If a sunflower seed comes at me at high speeds, it will shatter the window," said one Periscoper about Irma
By Sarah Glover ••
Videos show rooftops being peeled away from buildings in Miami and Sarasota, Florida, during Hurricane Irma.
Social media is a means for millions of Floridians affected by Hurricane Irma to keep in touch. Many took to social media to send status updates to loved ones and to share their experiences with the world.
Snap Map, Snapchat's newest feature, provides an up-close video perspective of Irma's wrath. As the storm made landfall on the United States with wind speeds at 130 mph, Snapchat user videos with location services turned on were discoverable on the Snap Map.
Snapchat users can search the Snap Map by location and observe the location-based media with a user who submitted a story to Snapchat.
Snapchat's website provides the details on how to use the Snap Map. Go to the camera screen inside the app and pinch your fingers in to "zoom out."
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DUCK KEY, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: A boat is seen next to a home after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 13, 2017 in Duck Key, Florida. The Florida Key's took the brunt of the hurricane as it passed over the island chain as a category 4 storm. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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A man clears a yard of debris in a rural migrant-worker town following Hurricane Irma on September 14, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
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A native key deer looks for food among the ruins left by Hurricane Irma in the Port Pine Heights neighborhood September 14, 2017 on Big Pine Key, Florida. Many places in the Keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than Islamorada. The Federal Emergency Managment Agency has reported that 25-percent of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed and 65-percent sustained major damage when they took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma.
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Buildings that sustained damage from Hurricane Irma can be seen on Pigeon Key September 14, 2017 near Marathon, Florida. Many places in the Keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than Islamorada. The Federal Emergency Managment Agency has reported that 25-percent of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed and 65-percent sustained major damage when they took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma.
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A child carries a dirty mattress from a flooded home in a rural migrant-worker town following Hurricane Irma on September 14, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
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A man prays at a relief distribution point in a rural migrant-worker town waiting for emergency donations following Hurricane Irma on September 14, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida. A group of volunteers from Atlanta gave out groceries and sanitary items to hundreds of desperate residents. Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
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A sign in front of residents' homes warn away looters four days after Hurricane Irma September 14, 2017 on Stock Island, Florida. Many places in the Keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than Islamorada. The Federal Emergency Managment Agency has reported that 25 percent of all homes in the Florida Keys were destroyed and 65 percent sustained major damage when they took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma.
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Marc St. Peter, left, and Chris Wisor lend a hand cleaning up as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. Flooding in town from the Black Creek topped the previous high water mark by about seven feet and water entered the second story of many homes.
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Floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. Flooding in town from the Black Creek topped the previous high water mark by about seven feet and water entered the second story of many homes.
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Jose Orosz walks his dog Karen by a beachfront home destroyed by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 13, 2017, in Vilano Beach, Florida. Nearly 4 million people remained without power more than two days after Irma swept through the state.
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A woman walks through flooded streets in the rural migrant worker town of Immokalee, which was especially hard hit by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 13, 2017, in Immokalee, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
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A boat is seen next to a home after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on Sept. 13, 2017, in Duck Key, Florida. The Florida Key's took the brunt of the hurricane as it passed over the island chain as a category 4 storm.
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Homeowner James Wade removes damaged items as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede Sept. 13, 2017, in Middleburg, Florida. Flooding in town from the Black Creek topped the previous high water mark by about seven feet and water entered the second story of Wade's home.
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Boats are seen washed ashore from Hurricane Irma after it passed through the area on Sept. 13, 2017, in Key West Florida. The Florida Key's took the brunt of the hurricane as it passed over the island chain as a category 4 storm.
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Damaged homes and streets littered with debris are seen after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on Sept. 13, 2017, in Ramrod Key, Florida. The Florida Keys took the brunt of the hurricane as it passed over the island chain as a category 4 storm.
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A crew works to salvage items, including an ice machine, as water from the nearby Peace River floods the Peace River Campground in the wake of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 12, 2017, in Arcadia, Florida.
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Boats, cars and other debris clog waterways in the Florida Keys two days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the state Sept. 12, 2017, in Marathon, Florida.
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Officers and team leaders from the Florida Army National Guard conduct a pre-mission briefing before going on an overnight patrol two days after Hurricane Irma slammed into the state on Sept. 12, 2017, in Key West, Florida. Working in conjunction with the sheriff's department, the guardsmen traveled up and down the Keys all night to deter looting and to make safety checks on residents.
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View of the destroyed Methodist church in Marigot, Saint Maarten, days after the island sustained extensive damage after the passing of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 12, 2017.
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A man walks among the destruction left by Hurricane Irma at the Phillipsburg Town Beach on Sept. 11, 2017, in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The Caribbean island sustained extensive damage from powerful storm.
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Damaged sail boats are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017, in Key West, Florida.
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Damaged houses are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017, over the Florida Keys, Florida.
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A ships mast rests on the dock on Sept. 11, 2017, in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The Caribbean island sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Irma.
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A man walks past a fallen tree on Sept. 11, 2017, in Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The Caribbean island sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Irma.
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People explore storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River at Memorial Park on Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
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Justin Hand navigates storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River on Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
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The St. Johns River rises from storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
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Storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma inundate a park on the St. Johns River on Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
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A pickup truck is inundated by storm surge flood waters from Hurricane Irma along the St. Johns River in the Five Points neighborhood Sept. 11, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Flooding in downtown Jacksonville along the river topped a record set during Hurricane Dora in 1965.
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A dog walks through a flooded street in a rural part of Naples the day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 11, 2017, in Naples, Florida.
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A road with heavy debris stands on the outskirts of Naples, Florida, the day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on Sept. 11, 2017. Hurricane Irma made another landfall near Naples yesterday after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding.
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Wreckage in Key Largo, Florida on Monday Sept. 11, 2017
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Tom Purdy, center, shakes hands with a rescue worker that helped him evacuate from his home after Hurricane Irma brought floodwaters to Jacksonville, Fla. Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
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Quintana and Liz Perez look out at the flooding outside their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Immokalee, Fla., Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
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A tree blocks a road after it was downed by winds from Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
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A house along South Ponte Vedra Boulevard, in St. Johns County, Florida, is seen collapsing into the ocean following high winds and heavy rain brought on by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 11, 2017.
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Severe water damage is seen at the Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2017.
Trees are down in Pinecrest, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2017.
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A truck is seen on its side after being blown over as Hurricane Irma passes through on Sept. 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
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High winds split a large tree in the Coral Beach neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as Hurricane Irma hits the southern part of the state Sept. 10, 2017. The powerful hurricane made landfall in the United States in the Florida Keys at 9:10 a.m. after raking across the north coast of Cuba.
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Blown sand from Pompano Beach coats bushes and mail boxes as Hurricane Irma hits the southern part of the state Sept. 10, 2017, in Pompano Beach, Florida.
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A person walks through a flooded street in the Brickell area of downtown Miami as Hurricane Irma passes through on Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday.
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A car is seen in a flooded street as Hurricane Irma passes through on Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
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Trees bend in the tropical storm-force wind along North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard as Hurricane Irma hits Fort Lauderdale in the southern part of the Florida, Sunday, September 10, 2017. The powerful hurricane made landfall in the United States in the Florida Keys at 9:10 a.m. after raking across the north coast of Cuba.
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The eye of Hurricane Irma passes through Naples, Florida, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017.
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Leo Figueroa and his son Leo Jr. (2) wait out Hurricane Irma in a hotel on Sept. 10, 2017 in Fort Myers, Florida. With businesses closed, thousands in shelters and a mandatory evacuation in coastal communities, the Fort Myers area is preparing for a possibly catastrophic storm.
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Residents inspect the extreme receding water in Tampa Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 10, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
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A door is blown in at a Regions Bank as Hurricane Irma passes through on Sept. 10, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
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Water flows out of the Miami River to flood a walkway as Hurricane Irma passes through Miami, Florida, on Sept. 10, 2017. Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, lashing the state with 130 mph winds as it moved up the coast.
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A dolphin statue at the Anglins Fishing Pier lies toppled by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 10, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Large waves produced by Hurricane Irma crash into the end of Anglins Fishing Pier Sept. 10, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The category 4 hurricane made landfall in the United States in the Florida Keys at 9:10 a.m. local time after raking across the north coast of Cuba.
Charles Ace took to Periscope Live near Hialeah Gardens, Florida to broadcast the winds blowing near his window during Irma. He told his viewers this is not his first hurricane.
"Let's call it what it is, I'm screwed. If a sunflower seed comes at me at high speeds, it will shatter the window," said Ace.
While many took to Facebook to share personal status updates during Irma and journalists presented coverage related to the impact on both Florida coasts, many turned to Facebook Live to share their experiences on live video.
Pastor David Uth aired a Facebook Live to inform the public that services had been canceled at First Baptist Orlando and that the Red Cross is using the church as a shelter.
"We are doing everything we know to do.... it will pass," said Uth.
The Facebook Live map is a central depository of all Facebook Lives happening real-time across the globe. Anyone on the web or on a mobile device, can hover over the blue circles on the map to be taken to a real-time Facebook Live that was set to broadcast publicly.
One in every five videos is a Facebook Live, according to a Facebook spokesperson.
In addition to Live video, Facebook members leveraged Safety Check activated by Florida's Facebook community as a "simple and easy way for people to let friends and family know they're safe and check on others after a major disaster or crisis."
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Residents walk near downed power lines felled by Hurricane Irma, in Caibarien, Cuba, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
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Strong waves brought by Hurricane Irma hit the Malecon seawall in Havana, Cuba, late Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
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Damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Villa Clara province, 330km east of Havana, on Sept. 9, 2017.
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A boy walks in a water from his home which was flooded by rains brought on by Hurricane Irma, in Fort-Liberte, Haiti, Friday Sept. 8, 2017. Irma rolled past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday with waves as high as 20 feet.
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This photo provided on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in Virgin Gorda's Gun Creek in the British Virgin Islands. Irma scraped Cuba's northern coast Friday on a course toward Florida, leaving in its wake a ravaged string of Caribbean resort islands strewn with splintered lumber, corrugated metal and broken concrete.
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This photo provided by Caribbean Buzz shows boats clustered together after Hurricane Irma Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
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Lucita Leonce 71, stands in front of her home flooded by heavy rains brought on by Hurricane Irma, in Fort-Liberte, Haiti, Friday Sept. 8, 2017. Irma rolled past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday with waves as high as 20 feet.
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Juan Negron, right, prepares to start up a power generator in front of what is left of his damaged property, after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. About a million people were without power in the U.S. territory after Irma passed just to the north, lashing the island with heavy wind and rain. Nearly 50,000 also were without water.
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A post office is heavily damaged by Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Hurricane Irma weakened slightly Thursday with sustained winds of 175 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm boasted 185 mph winds for a more than 24-hour period, making it the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A home is surrounded by debris brought in by Hurricane Irma in Nagua, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees. Irma flooded parts of the Dominican Republic when it roared by Thursday, just off the northern coast of the island it shares with Haiti.
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Damage is left after Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Hurricane Irma battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday as the fearsome Category 5 storm continued a rampage through the Caribbean that has killed a number of people, with Florida in its sights.
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Neighbors clear debris from the road in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Hurricane Irma weakened slightly Thursday with sustained winds of 175 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm boasted 185 mph winds for a more than 24-hour period, making it the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hurricane Irma approaches Samana, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least several dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees.
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Kids have dinner at a shelter in a local church during the evening before the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Dominicans wait for the arrival of Hurricane Irma after it lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 photo, a man looks at a vehicle turned upside down by winds brought on by Hurricane Irma in the British overseas territory of Anguilla. Irma scraped Cuba's northern coast Friday on a course toward Florida, leaving in its wake a ravaged string of Caribbean resort islands strewn with splintered lumber, corrugated metal and broken concrete.
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A man covers a bodega's windows before the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Dominicans are getting ready for the arrival of Hurricane Irma after battering Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds, leaving more than 600,000 people without power as authorities struggle to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.
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The heavy rains and wind of hurricane Irma cross through the northeastern part of the island in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The US territory was first to declare a state of emergency las Monday, as the National Hurricane Center forecast that the storm would strike the Island Wednesday.
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Julio Feliciano, left, and Adrian Colon both rescue staff members from the Municipal Emergency Management Agency toured the streets of the Matelnillo community searching for citizens in distress during the passage of hurricane Irma through the northeastern part of the island in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The US territory was first to declare a state of emergency las Monday, as the National Hurricane Center forecast that the storm would strike the Island Wednesday.
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St. Martin is seen shredded by Hurricane Irma in a photo taken by Jonathan Falwell on Sept. 6, 2017. Falwell, who took his wife to St. Martin for a surprise anniversary trip, said there were "no power, no water, everything destroyed."
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St. Martin is seen shredded by Hurricane Irma in a photo taken by Jonathan Falwell on Sept. 6, 2017. Falwell, who took his wife to St. Martin for a surprise anniversary trip, said there were "no power, no water, everything destroyed."
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St. Martin is seen shredded by Hurricane Irma in a photo taken by Jonathan Falwell on Sept. 6, 2017. Falwell, who took his wife to St. Martin for a surprise anniversary trip, said there were "no power, no water, everything destroyed."
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St. Martin is seen shredded by Hurricane Irma in a photo taken by Jonathan Falwell on Sept. 6, 2017. Falwell, who took his wife to St. Martin for a surprise anniversary trip, said there were "no power, no water, everything destroyed."
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Debris ripped from buildings by Hurricane Irma is seen on the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.
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People survey the damage left behind by Hurricane Irma on the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017.
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Aerial photography taken and released by the Dutch department of Defense on Sept. 6, 2017, shows the extent of the damage Hurricane Irma left behind in Philipsburg, on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Martin. Hurricane Irma sowed a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean on Wednesday, reducing to rubble the tropical islands of Barbuda and St. Martin.
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Aerial photography taken and released by the Dutch department of Defense on Sept. 6, 2017, shows the extent of the damage Hurricane Irma left behind in Philipsburg, on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Martin. Hurricane Irma sowed a trail of deadly devastation through the Caribbean on Wednesday, reducing to rubble the tropical islands of Barbuda and St. Martin.
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Debris is seen during a storm surge near the Puerto Chico Harbor during the passing of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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A man drives through rain and strong winds during the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Sept. 6, 2017. The U.S. territory was first to declare a state of emergency last Monday.
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A rescue team from the local emergency management agency inspects flooded areas after the passing of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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A rescue team from the local emergency management agency inspects flooded areas after the passing of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's satellite captured close-up imagery of the Category 5 storm over the Caribbean on Sept. 6, 2017.
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A woman looks outside from a shelter set up at the Berta Zalduondo elementary school during the passage of Hurricane Irma in Fajardo, northeastern Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Heavy rain and high winds lashed Puerto Ricou2019s northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands.
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People stand near the shore before the arrival of Hurricane Irma, in luquillo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Irma roared into the Caribbean with record force early Wednesday, its 185-mph winds shaking homes and flooding buildings on a chain of small islands along a path toward Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hispaniola.
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Motorists head north on US 1, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Key Largo, Florida, in anticipation of Hurricane Irma. Keys officials announced a mandatory evacuation Wednesday for visitors, with residents being told to leave the next day.
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Carla Perroni Aguilera of Miami Beach, Fla., holds a cart as her husband Ronald Aguilera and her father Joe Perroni load sheets of plywood at The Home Depot store in North Miami, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Florida residents are preparing for the possible landfall of Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history.
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A fisherman brings his boat ashore as a precaution against Hurricane Irma, in the seaside slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands. The northern parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti could see 10 inches of rain.
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Vehicles are lined up at a gas station in hopes of getting gas to prepare for Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017, in Doral, Florida.
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People put up shutters as they prepare a family members house for Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017, in Miami, Florida.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott gives an update to the media regarding Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017 in Doral, Florida.
