Online webcams streamed live video from the Caribbean as Hurricane Irma moved in, and many of those cameras were taken out by the powerful storm. See footage.
EDITOR’S NOTE (10:45 a.m., 9/11/17): The majority of the webcams listed below are no longer online as of Monday. WTOP will not continue to update this list.
As of Monday morning, these few cameras appear to remain online:
A marina view from the Treasure Cay Resort in the Bahamas
WASHINGTON — Online webcams captured — in real time — the frightening strength of Hurricane Irma as it first barreled towards the Caribbean and then to Florida.
While most of the webcams were taken out as Hurricane Irma hit, footage and photos are available from the links below.
You can see what conditions on the ground were like in Florida until the cameras went offline:
A marina view from the Treasure Cay Resort in the Bahamas
(Update: As of 4 p.m. Sept. 6, this camera is no longer online. However, archived screenshots from the last several hours can be viewed on this page.) View from a resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico
(Update: As of Sept. 8, this camera is no longer online.) View from the bay of Caribe Playa Beach Hotel in Patillas, Puerto Rico
A view of Irma from downtown Orlando.
Update: As of Monday, Sept. 11, the camera is no longer online.
This camera shows the rooftop view from a restaurant in Key West.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
A look at the view from Mallory Square in Key West.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
A live look at Irma from Marathon, Florida.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
As the first hurricane warnings were issued for parts of southern Florida on Friday, some webcams in the area offer a look at current conditions. This is a view from Key West, from the Marker Hotel.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
A view from the Southernmost Beach Resort in Key West.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
A live look at the beach and pier at the Southernmost Beach Resort in Key West, Florida.
Update: As of 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the camera is no longer online.
Update(10 a.m., Sept. 8): As of Friday morning, the sun was shining in this live camera view and plenty of people could be seen walking in the area.
—–Update (10:45 a.m., Sept. 7): As of Thursday morning, people could be seen via this live camera walking along the the dock area and even heading out into the water in kayaks.
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This live webcam shows conditions at the Caravelle Hotel & Casino in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This aerial footage was released by the Dutch Ministry of Defense, showing the hurricane damage in Sint Maarten.
Update (4:50 p.m.): This is now a video loop from a previously-live webcam on Sept. 6, showing conditions from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This footage was not captured through a webcam, but rather via cellphone, in St. Thomas.
This video (some taken from previously-live webcams, some via cellphone) compiled by the Associated Press shows Hurricane Irma blowing through the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This video does not come from a webcam, but rather from people witnessing Hurricane Irma in St. Thomas.
This video was compiled on Sept. 6, 2017 by the Weather Channel.
This cellphone video (not from a webcam) shows the powerful winds in St. Thomas.
This footage, which was previously a live feed, comes from a web camera at the Soggy Dollar Bar in White Bay, Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.
Video captured before cameras were taken out on Maho Beach, Saint Martin.
In this clip from the Maho Beach Cam in Saint Martin, the webcam is taken out by Hurricane Irma.
