Photos show Hurricane Irma's aftermath in the Caribbean, where some islands were more than 90% destroyed

Before slamming Florida on Sunday, Hurricane Irma ravaged the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

Places like Barbuda, Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba got hit by the worst of the storm, with some islands reporting that upwards of 90% of structures were damaged or destroyed. Days after the storm passed, people in some places say there is still no power, fresh supplies, or signs of relief.

Laura Dixon Strickling, an opera singer, lives with her husband and 1-year-old daughter on St. Thomas, one of the US Virgin Islands.

"We're only five days into this and it feels like it's been a lifetime," Strickling told Business Insider on Monday. "We don't have information, we have not seen one first responder, we have not seen one police officer. "Everyone in our neighborhood is walking around with sharpened machetes and guns for protection."

Here's what the aftermath of the storm looks like as residents assess damage and seek out support.

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Irma first engulfed tiny Barbuda, part of the dual island nation Antigua and Barbuda, on September 6. The storm "totally demolished" the island, damaging upward of 90% of structures, according to the nation's Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Browne told Anderson Cooper that he estimated it would take $100 million to rebuild.

The monster storm next slammed into the resort islands of St. Martin and St. Barts.