<h2>TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 AS OF 4:00 PM EST</h2>
This will be the final situational awareness post for Irma. Hagerty Consulting&#8217;s preparedness and recovery subject matter experts will continue to monitor the remnants of this storm in the coming days and issue additional posts if the situation changes.
The NOAA National Hurricane Center reported on Tuesday afternoon that <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIAWPCAT1+shtml/121506.shtml">Irma is now a post tropical cyclone bringing moderate to heavy rains to parts of the Southeast</a>. While the storm continues to weaken, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/12/16-million-power-outages-and-142-mph-winds-hurricane-irma-by-the-numbers/?utm_term=.df552487f904" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">over sixteen million</a> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/irma-damage-aftermath/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">residents across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama</a>, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/11/puerto-rico-still-a-viable-tourist-destination-gov-rossello.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Puerto Rico</a>, and <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/10/549981547/the-rubble-and-recovery-of-u-s-virgin-islands-will-we-survive-the-aftermath" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the U.S. Virgin Islands</a> are without power in their homes. Areas around Florida and the Southeast U.S., particularly the Florida Keys, are left with damages caused by Irma. FEMA administrator Brock Long stated, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/12/us/irma-damage-aftermath/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;basically, every house in the Keys was impacted some way</a>,&#8221; with <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-irma-destroyed-25-of-homes-in-florida-keys-fema-estimates-1505233551" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEMA estimating 25 percent of homes</a> in the Florida Keys were destroyed by Irma.
The U.S. Virgin Islands faced extensive damages, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/virgin-islands-irma.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">particularly in St. Thomas and St. John</a>, including <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/11/americas/caribbean-reacts-hurricane-irma/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">four fatalities</a> as a result of Irma. FEMA has declared a major disaster for the <a href="https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4335" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>, specifically for damages to St. John and St. Thomas, as well as declarations for <a href="https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4336" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Puerto Rico</a> and <a href="https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4337" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Florida</a>. Currently, experts are still trying to capture the extent of all of Irma&#8217;s damages.
Although Irma has weakened, it has left behind dangerous flood waters in many parts of the storm&#8217;s path, particularly in Florida. The NOAA has cautioned residents to avoid storm and flood waters.
<figure id="attachment_4483" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4483" style="width: 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://hagertystg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CDC-Stay-Out-of-Flood-Waters.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-4483 size-full" src="http://hagertystg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CDC-Stay-Out-of-Flood-Waters.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="540" srcset="https://hagertystg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CDC-Stay-Out-of-Flood-Waters.jpg 960w, https://hagertystg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CDC-Stay-Out-of-Flood-Waters-300x169.jpg 300w, https://hagertystg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CDC-Stay-Out-of-Flood-Waters-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4483" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/907390891953926144" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NOAA Stay Out of Flood Waters</a></figcaption></figure>
EMERGENCY RESOURCES
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<li>FEMA Assistance: <a href="http://www.disasterassistance.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a></li>
<li>Red Cross Open Shelters: <a href="http://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/find-an-open-shelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link</a></li>
<li>Remember, Ready.gov provides information on how to prepare for a storm and how to keep you and your family safe: <a href="https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes">link</a></li>
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You can learn more about our disaster recovery practice <a href="http://hagertyconsulting.com/recovery/">here</a>.
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