The destruction caused by Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands has been devastating.

The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has advised that full assessment on the impact of Hurricane Irma is underway and while St. Croix is getting back to business, visitors are being encouraged not to visit the district of St. Thomas and St. John.

Electric company officials in Florida have planned for the worst and are likely to shut the nuclear plants in Turkey Point and St Lucie.

In anticipation of Hurricane Irma, Florida governor Rick Scott has announced that the state is working with Google’s emergency response team to mark closed roads on Google Maps in real time. This will help with evacuation plans.

As the worst of Hurricane Irma departed Antigua and Barbuda's reef-ringed beaches early Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Gaston Browne boasted that “no other country in the Caribbean would have been as well prepared as we were.”

With massive evacuations expected for parts of southern Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches, people hoping to flee the Sunshine State ahead of the powerful storm may be finding it's not only a challenge but expensive.