Cars and boats were also damaged. Jorge Gonzalez, Esteves' neighbor in Naples, walked by his vehicle on Monday after his home was badly battered.

Approximately 5.8 million homes and businesses across Florida and Georgia have lost power.

Sebastian Murdock, a reporter at HuffPost, tweeted this photo from his hotel in Miramar:

Power is out at hotel in Miramar as winds reach speeds of 100mph #HurricaineIrma pic.twitter.com/sgeeakYqCY
— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) September 10, 2017

Photographer Sarah Heddon also captured a video of the scene in downtown Jacksonville.

Downtown Jacksonville, not even high tide yet. #irma #Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/6gTkzPBW3M
— Sarah Hedden (@g8trgirl) September 11, 2017

Water from the St. Johns river overflowed near Jacksonville's St. Vincent's Medical Center.

Local WJAX-TV reporter Paige Kelton tweeted this video:

St. John's river pushes into homes near St Vincent's. #Irma @ActionNewsJax @MikeFirstAlert pic.twitter.com/nfQWgLCtPt
— Paige Kelton (@PaigeANjax) September 11, 2017

Flooding in Jacksonville reached a 53-year high.

Floods reached 60.4 inches there Monday morning, surpassing the record set by Hurricane Dora in 1964.

Christopher Hong, a reporter for The Florida Times-Union, tweeted this video of downtown Jacksonville on Monday morning.

#hurricanelrma in downtown Jacksonville pic.twitter.com/CNWxKGjAiH
— Christopher Hong (@ChrisHongTU) September 11, 2017

Sand from Fort Lauderdale Beach swept onto the nearby boulevard.

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The siding of a DoubleTree hotel in Orlando was ripped out.

Thomas von Grünigen, a correspondent for Swiss Public Broadcasting, tweeted these photos of the DoubleTree Hotel Orlando Airport on Monday morning.

Damage from hurricane #Irma at DoubleTree Hotel Orlando Airport pic.twitter.com/OurvRmoPo2
— Thomas von Grünigen (@tvongruenigen) September 11, 2017

Abgebrochene Fassade unseres Hotels in Orlando#Irma pic.twitter.com/uyCGMsHTEL
— Thomas von Grünigen (@tvongruenigen) September 11, 2017

The storm assaulted this gas station in North Redington Beach.

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The Miami-Dade police tweeted this video showing power lines, trees, and signs strewn across a road:

#TrafficAlert: Destroyed traffic signals, poles & large tree at SW 132 Ave & 56 St. Please avoid roadways while we continue assessing. pic.twitter.com/leasooEwyU
— Miami-Dade Police (@MiamiDadePD) September 11, 2017

This felled tree in a condo community in Kissimmee narrowly missed hitting a home.

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Trees were uprooted as well.

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The winds and floodwaters were strong enough to topple this large truck in Miami.

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In other parts of the city, entire vehicles were overturned by the gusty winds.

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The worst of the storm was seen on Sunday, when Floridians had to wade through flooded streets, like this one in downtown Miami.

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Some homes were almost completely smashed, like this one in Tampa.

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In North Port, police officers tried to salvage a car that had been swallowed by the storm.

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The destruction was felt in a handful of cities. In Tampa, a man walked past an uprooted tree along Bayshore Boulevard as threatening clouds continued to loom overhead.

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On the oceanfront A1A state road in Boca Raton, a police cruiser secured a fallen power pole.

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All kinds of property was crushed in Irma's powerful grip.

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In Daytona Beach, a man waded into a flooded residential street.

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Irma's roaring winds also brought down power lines, like the one shown here in front of an oceanfront condo building in Boca Raton.

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Elsewhere, residents of flooded suburbs had to flee. In Orlando, Army National Guard Spc. Thomas Hogan rescued a dog from a submerged neighborhood.

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