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What Irma Left Behind

Photos: Florida begins to pick up the pieces after Irma.

Irma was the storm even hurricane-hardened Floridians were scared of. It has left at least six people dead in the state. And as the downgraded behemoth continues to drench North Florida, people downstate are trickling out of doors to survey the actual damage — that is, if they can, with power lines down, streets impassable, bridges blocked, and whole neighborhoods flooded.

Residents of the Florida Keys are anxious to learn if their homes and boats — often one and the same for many in the "Conch Republic" — are where they left them. Even in Miami, spared the worst by a last-minute shift in Irma's path, boats and cars sit overturned on pavement, roofs lie next to the homes and schools they once shielded, and supposedly hurricane-proof construction cranes dangle sections of snapped metal rigging hundreds of feet above public streets. At least six million are without power, and with no hard date for restoration of their lights, appliances and sense of normalcy.

Continue reading on VICE NEWS for a look at how Florida coped before and after Irma:.