‘Devastation’ in the Florida Keys: Here’s what happened when Irma struck

Irma delivered a nasty blow over the weekend to the Florida Keys, the 110-mile, low-lying island chain that ambles southwest from Miami into warm ocean waters. The storm made landfall on Cudjoe at 9:10 a.m. Sunday. All day up and down the Keys, the winds and raging seas flung boats onto land and damaged homes. Fallen trees and live wires blocked roads; debris was scattered like confetti.

Monday afternoon, it wasn’t clear how many people were dead. A car crash killed one manbefore the storm hit. But it seemed likely Irma had taken more lives than that. First responders were only just moving into the Upper and Middle Keys, where the damage was worst, on Monday morning. But Monroe County Emergency Management Director Martin Senterfitt described the potential death toll as low, saying he believes so far “it’s in the single digits.”