Hurricane Irma continues to make its way through Florida as a tropical storm on Monday. It has already left a path of destruction through the Caribbean and Southern Florida.
The storm started its path on Sept.6, first hitting the northern Caribbean Islands, battering St. Martin and U.S. Virgin Islands, with wind gusts as high as 185 mph. By the end of Saturday, the storm had ripped through Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as a category 5 before it weakened to a category 4 passing over Cuba.
Irma hit Florida as a Category 4 storm slamming the Florida Keys just after 9 a.m. At least 20 people were killed across the Caribbean before the storm turned towards the Sunshine State.
As of Monday, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm as it makes its way through Tampa.
A street is flooded during the passing of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on September 6, 2017, shows a wrecked car in Public, near Gustavia, on the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthelemy, after it was hit by Hurricane Irma. (Valentine Autruffe/AFP/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on September 6, 2017, shows damage in Public, near Gustavia, on the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthelemy, after it was hit by Hurricane Irma.
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Search and rescue crew members clears a fallen tree over a road during a search mission as hurricane Irma hits Puerto Rico in Fajardo on September 6,2017 (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images)
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Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on September 10, 2017. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)
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An aerial photography taken and released by the Dutch department of Defense on September 6, 2017 shows the damage of Hurricane Irma in Philipsburg, on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten. (Gerben Van Ea/AFP/Getty Images)
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People walk through a flooded street full after Hurricane Irma barreled into Cuba on September 10, 2017 in Havana, Cuba. (Ernesto Mastrascusa/Getty Images)
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A woman tries to rescue some fodd from her flooded house in downtown Havana, on September 10, 2017.
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Tourists walk past the WonderWorks attraction on a nearly deserted International Drive in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 as wind and rain from Hurricane Irma arrives in Central Florida. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images)
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A photo taken on September 6, 2017 shows cars piled on top of one another in Marigot, near the Bay of Nettle, on the French Collectivity of Saint Martin, after the passage of Hurricane Irma. (Lionel Chamoiseau/AFP/Getty)
Bowed palm trees lean before a sand-filled swimming pool in the Baie Nettle area of Marigot, on September 10, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
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A photo taken on September 7, 2017 shows ships wrecked ashore, in Marigot, near the Bay of Nettle, on the island of Saint-Martin in the northeast Caribbean, after the passage of Hurricane Irma. (Lionel Chamoiseau/AFP/Getty)
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Cubans recover their belongings after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 10, 2017. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)
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People trying to leave Saint-Martin arrive at the entrance of Grand-Case Esperance airport, on September 10, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
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The counterclockwise circulation of Hurricane Irma pulls the Apalachicola Bay away from land September 10, 2017 near Eastpoint in the Florida panhandle. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
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View of damages after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cojimar neighborhood in Havana, on September 10, 2017.
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Jerry Darnell stands in front of his house that was flooded by Hurricane Irma on September 11, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A street sign in Estero, Florida is bent over after Hurricane Irma came through with the lead band of strength (photo taken during a lull as the eye had just passed). (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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A sail boat is beached in the cemetery of Marigot, on September 9, 2017 in Saint-Martin island devastated by Irma hurricane. (Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images)
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The roof of a gas station is shown damaged by Hurricane Irma winds on September 11, 2017 in Bonita Springs, Florida. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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A rescue team from the local emergency management agency inspects flooded areas after the passing of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. (Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)
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