Cots are set up in the Twin Lakes Elementary School's storm shelter in Jacksonville, Fla., in preparation for people displaced by Hurricane Irma.
Ryan Kaye loads sandbags into his truck Friday at a makeshift filling station provided by the county in Palm Coast, Fla., as protection against Hurricane Irma.
A fleet of utility trucks heads south along Interstate 71 toward the Georgia coast on Friday in preparation for power outages caused by Hurricane Irma.
A chalkboard is decorated with messages regarding the approaching Hurricane Irma in Flagler Beach, Fla.
Traffic crawls in the northbound lanes of Florida's Turnpike near the intersection of Interstate 75 in Wildwood on Friday as thousands of people flee from Hurricane Irma's projected path.
Handlers from the Cayo Guillermo dolphinarium prepare dolphins for their transfer to the dolphinarium in Cienfuegos, located on Cuba's southern coast, just hours before the arrival of Hurricane Irma.
Orlando city employees and volunteers fill sandbags for residents as they prepare for Hurricane Irma.
Lucita Leonce 71, stands in floodwater around her home in Fort-Liberte, Haiti, on Friday after Irma's torrential rain.
This photo taken Friday shows the destruction of Hurricane Irma in Virgin Gorda's Leverick Bay 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.
This Sept. 7, 2017 photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten.
This Sept. 6, 2017 photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, in St. Maarten.
This image made from video shows several houses damaged by Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
In this image made from video shows a damage to a post office caused by Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday.
This image made from video shows flooding caused by Hurricane Irma on Charlotte Amalie, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday.
A neighborhood on Barbuda on Thursday.
British military conducting a reconnaissance of the exit from the beach ahead of landing personnel, stores and vehicles, in Anguilla.
A boy walks in the floodwaters left by Hurricane Irma on Friday in Fort-Liberte, Haiti.
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