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A man boards up the door of his home on the French overseas island of Guadeloupe on 5 September, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma
An employee lays down sandbags at the Mercure Hotel at Baie Nettle beach, on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin
A still from a video posted on Facebook by Stefany Santacruz showing the view of the storm from her balcony in Filipsburg, in Dutch Saint Martin, the lower part of the island
A flooded street in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, on 6 September. Almost million people in the US territory are without electricity after the category 5 tropical storm tore across the island
A rescue team from the Puerto Rican emergency management agency inspects a flooded area after the passing of Hurricane Irma
An aerial photograph released by the Dutch defence ministry department shows the extent of the deadly devastation wrought on Dutch Saint Martin
(Image credit: Lionel Chamoiseau/AFP/Getty)
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