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In pictures: Hurricane Irma blasts Florida

News imageGetty Images 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
News imageReuters 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
News imageReuters 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
News imageReuters Broken crane is pictured in downtown MiamiReuters
A crane dramatically collapsed in Downtown Miami on to a building in construction
News imageReuters Destroyed roofs in a residential area of Miami, 10 SeptemberReuters
Roofs were blown off in Miami
News imageReuters 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
News imageReuters Flood water from Hurricane Irma surround a damaged mobile home in Bonita Springs, Florida, 10 SeptemberReuters
Mobile homes in Bonita Springs have been flooded
News imageReuters 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
News imageGetty Images 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
News imageReuters 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
News imageEPA 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
News imageGetty Images Partially submerged car in flood waterGetty Images
Parts of Miami became severely flooded, despite it missing a direct hit from Hurricane Irma's eye
News imageGetty Images Patients piled into an emergency aircraft evacuationGetty Images
The National Guard helped evacuated patients from hospitals in the Lower Keys