After hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on the world, Irma relentlessly sought its own reign of terror. As Houston works towards healing, Florida was hit with an impeccable force.

Hurricane Irma fluctuated in intensity since the documentary period of the storm as it neared the United States, including shifting categories from 3-5 (and according to some accounts: it even teetered above the scale) throughout its terror. With winds from 130-185 mph, Irma has proven to be one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the Atlantic. Targeting and battering Florida with a fluctuating category on Sunday night of September the 10th, to then weaken to a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday September 12th with winds of 25 mph, most residents who evacuated were permitted to return to their estates. But there’s a twist: they don’t have power.

Following the mass destruction caused by Hurricane Irma, about 40% of the sunshine state was in sweltering darkness. With temperatures at about 92 degrees Fahrenheit mixed with Florida’s notorious humidity, many people were and even now continue to be in a sticky and sweaty situation. Utility companies took to recovering the seemingly vital necessity that is power for the people as soon as conditions allowed. More and more reasons to set aflame the ambition of the people to restore power are arising such as the lack of proper assistance of assisted care facilities and medical buildings, leaving a myriad of people with no proper aid and a transfer of location. Many locations even still remain flooded throughout the very visible trail that Irma has left.

An important note to consider is that Florida (and the Florida-Keys), is not the only destination that has been battered by this once hurricane that is now classified as a post-tropical cyclone. Many places such as: North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and even trailing through the Mississippi Valley have been without power and received the wretched effects from Irma.

As other locations that were besmirched of their ambiguous beauty begin to make significant progress of restoration, the “Sunny-State” is still left in the desperate dark swimming for restorations.