Nearly 16 million people in countries, states and territories across the Atlantic are in the path of Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm that has already claimed the lives of 10 people, including an infant.
Here’s a look at the islands that Irma has already hit and the places that are bracing for impact as the deadly hurricane continues its march northwest.
Antigua and Barbuda
The tiny island of Barbuda has been the worst hit so far by Hurricane Irma, with Prime Minister Gaston Browne describing it as having suffered “total devastation.”
“I have never seen any such destruction on a per-capita basis compared to what I saw in Barbuda this afternoon,” Browne told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Antigua, Barbuda’s sister island and home to about 80,000 people, was spared the brunt of the storm.
St. Martin/St. Maarten
The 87-square kilometer island is split roughly in half between the French overseas collectivity of St. Martin, and St. Maarten, a constituent country of the Netherlands.
About 72,000 people live on the island, which has suffered property damage and power outages due to Irma.
“There is a sense of dread … utility poles are down everywhere. There is no power and no public water and it appears it may take a long time to restore,” Xaverius van der Hoek, who lives on St. Maarten, told CNN.
“From my balcony alone, I count at least 24 homes and apartment building with either partial or entire roofs missing.”
The Virgin Islands
They are made up of dozens of islands that are split between the US, British and Spanish Virgin Islands.
Irma pummeled St. Thomas, the most populated of the US Virgin Islands, with wind and rain on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the popular tourist destination.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, an unincorporated US territory, managed to avoid a direct hit from Irma, but suffered strong winds and torrential rains.
Thousands are currently without power, and about 56,680 customers are without water, according to Jesus Poupart of Puerto Rico’s emergency operations center.
Officials are still trying to determine the full extent of the damage.
St. Kitts and Nevis
The twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in the Americas and Western Hemisphere, with a total land area of 261 square kilometers and a population of about 52,000.
According to a government statement, St. Kitts and Nevis suffered damage to property and water and power outages due to the storm.
Anguilla
One death was confirmed Thursday in Anguilla, a 90-square kilometer island that is one of several British overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Anguilla “received the hurricane’s full blast,” according to British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Alan Duncan.
The island lies just north of St. Martin, with a population of around 17,000.
Places still in Irma’s path
Hurricane Irma is barreling towards Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas and the US mainland, where it’s projected to make landfall in south Florida.
Irma is expected to hit Turks and Caicos, a British overseas territory, on Thursday. The group of islands sits north of Haiti and east of Cuba and is home to about 52,000 people.
Bahamian prime minister Dr. Hubert Minnis ordered the evacuations of six southern islands in the Bahamas early Wednesday morning. Around 330,000 people call the independent island nation home.
And hurricane preparation is underway in Florida, the third most-populous US state, where forecasts show Irma making landfall by this weekend.
An estimated 31,000 people have already evacuated the Florida Keys as of Tuesday evening, Florida governor Rick Scott said Wednesday.
