Photos: Deadly Hurricane Irma To Hit Florida After Hitting Caribbean

 

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After the Category 5 Hurricane Irma made its landfall in the Caribbean with 175 mph sustained winds, Hurricane Irma is expected to make a landfall in South Florida this weekend.

NBC News reported that at least 12 people were killed due to the hurricane that had caused vast devastation in the Caribbean islands.

Florida is braced for a possible direct hit that could cause a devastating damage to the southern part of the state.

CNN reported that the National Hurricane Center said Irma will make landfall in southern Florida as a dangerous major hurricane and has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for South Florida including from Jupiter Inlet on the east coast of the state and southward around the Florida Peninsula to Bonita Beach on the west coast.

The warning included the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay. 

NBC News also wrote that the National Weather Service said that “locations may be uninhabitable for weeks or months” due to extreme winds, adding that “structural damage to buildings, with many washing away” was possible in some coastal areas.

Hurricane Irma is one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded as it caused massive destruction to multiple places including Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Turks, Caicos and others.

Below are some photos taken from CNN:

Bluebeard’s Castle, a resort in St. Thomas, was hit hard by Irma. St. Thomas resident David Velez sent this photo to CNN on September 7.

People walk through damage in Marigot, St. Martin, on Thursday, September 7. Hurricane Irma has devastated several islands in the Caribbean.

An aerial view of St. Martin on September 6.

Waves smash into St. Martin on Wednesday, September 6.

An aerial view shows the damage that Hurricane Irma left on the Dutch side of the island of St. Martin.

A boat is washed onto shore in St. Martin.

Irma floods a beach in Marigot on September 6.

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Last two months, Texas was hit by the deadly Category 4 Hurricane Harvey, that caused immense damage and catastrophic flooding, and also killed at least 70 people.

Hurricane Irene Hit Turks, Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, And Bahamas-Photos

(Please click here for the latest photos of Hurricane Irene pounding the US East Coast).

Irene barreled through the Turks and Caicos Islands late Tuesday as a Category 1 hurricane, blowing off some roofs, flooding roads and downing power lines.

In Puerto Rico, Irene caused heavy flooding, landslides and Gov. Luis Fortuno said on Wednesday that 765 people remain in shelters, two days after he declared a state of emergency.

In the Dominican Republic, flooding, rising rivers and mudslides have prompted the government to evacuate nearly 38,000 people.

In Bahamas, Capt. Stephen Russell tells The Associated Press that the Category 3 hurricane had at least caused 90 percent of the homes in the settlements on Acklins and Crooked islands severely damaged or destroyed >>> please click here for updated photos <<<.

Irene was expected to become a Category 4 hurricane by Thursday as it passes over the northwestern Bahamas en route to the eastern U.S. coast, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Raging waves whipped up by Hurricane Irene batter the seafront in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday.

People walk around a beach in Nagua, Dominican Republic after the hurricane on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.

Residents search for their belongings in their damaged houses in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic after they were flooded by an overflowed river due to the passing of Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Flooding, rising rivers and mudslides have prompted the Dominican Republic government to evacuate nearly 38,000 people and more slides were likely in coming days because of days of intense rain from the storm system. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman)

A resident of the flooded Madre Vieja neighborhood in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic stands on the roof of his house after the passing of Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman)

A house in the Moscu neighborhood of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic is seen under water of an overflowed river after the passing of Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman)

A resident of the Madre Vieja neighborhood in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, wades the water of an overflowed river after the passing of Hurricane Irene on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Guzman)

Water from waves that crashed over the barrier wall fill a street as the outer bands of Hurricane Irene affect Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

A man walks where a wave sprays the street as the outer bands of Hurricane Irene affect Baracoa, Cuba, Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)