So..... was this hurricane as bad as everyone said it would be?
Cubans stand by a collapsed building in Havana, on Sept. 9, 2017. Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened the storm to a Category Three, but it is still packing 125 mile-an-hour winds (205 kilometer per hour) and was expected to regain power before hitting the Florida Keys early Sunday, US forecasters said. The Cuban government extended its maximum state of alert to three additional provinces, including Havana, amid fears of flooding in low-lying areas.
A sailboat is beached in the cemetery of Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017 in Saint-Martin island devastated by Hurricane Irma. Officials on the island of Guadeloupe, where French aid efforts are being coordinated, suspended boat crossings to the hardest-hit territories of St. Martin and St. Barts where 11 people have died. Two days after Hurricane Irma swept over the eastern Caribbean, killing at least 17 people and devastating thousands of homes, some islands braced for a second battering from Hurricane Jose this weekend.
A sailor leaves with his belongings after loosing his boat in Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017 in Saint-Martin island devastated by Hurricane Irma.
Water fills a street near the Malecon in Havana, on Sept. 10, 2017. Deadly Hurricane Irma battered central Cuba on Saturday, knocking down power lines, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off homes as it headed towards Florida. Authorities said they had evacuated more than a million people as a precaution, including about 4,000 in the capital.
The area near the Malecon in Havana is flooded on Sept. 10, 2017.
Members of a rescue brigade wade through a flooded street in Havana, on Sept. 10, 2017.
Local residents return home after the passage of Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Villa Clara province, 330km east of Havana, on Sept. 9, 2017. Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened the storm to a Category Three, but it is still packing 125 mile-an-hour winds and was expected to regain power before hitting the Florida Keys early Sunday, US forecasters said. The Cuban government extended its maximum state of alert to three additional provinces, including Havana, amid fears of flooding in low-lying areas.
Cubans gather in a flooded street in Havana, on Sept. 10, 2017.
Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on Sept. 10, 2017.
Cubans wade through a flooded street in Havana, on Sept. 10, 2017.
Damaged boats and buildings in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands left by Hurricane Irma. The death toll from Hurricane Irma has risen to 22 as the storm continues its destructive path through the Caribbean.
Strong waves brought by Hurricane Irma hit the Malecon seawall in Havana, Cuba, late Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
A man stands in a flooded street during the passage of Hurricane Irma in Havana, on September 9, 2017.
Soldiers patrol in the streets of Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017 in St. Martin following devastation by Irma hurricane. Officials on the island of Guadeloupe, where French aid efforts are being coordinated, suspended boat crossings to the hardest-hit territories of St. Martin and St. Barts where 11 people have died. Two days after Hurricane Irma swept over the eastern Caribbean, killing at least 17 people and devastating thousands of homes, some islands braced for a second battering from Hurricane Jose this weekend.
A couple walks in the streets of Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017 in St. Martin.
A picture shows a wrecked car in the streets of Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017 in St. Martin.
A woman walks in the streets of Marigot, on Sept. 9, 2017, in St. Martin.
Wrecked boats are seen at the Fort Louis Marina in Marigot on Sept. 8, 2017 in St. Martin.
Damage caused by Hurricane Irma, on the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten.
A man stands in his destroyed home on in Orient Bay on the French Caribean island of Saint-Martin, after Hurricane Irma passed.