Photo gallery: Hurricane Irma damage in the Florida Keys | Sun., Sept. 17, 2017

Bob Fiorile, 72, arrives home to find his devastated home in Big Pine Key on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Residents were allowed to return to their homes today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Bob Fiorile, 72, and Todd Brown, 42, left to right, pull a tarp onto the exposed roof of Fiorile’s home in Big Pine Key on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Residents were allowed to return to their homes today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Private Nicholas Radler and Staff Sargent Michael Serrano with the Florida Army National Guard check id’s as residents are allowed to return home to the Lower Keys on Sunday, September 17, 2017. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Maria Stotts, and Heather Mueller, volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, clear debris from a Monroe County sheriff’s deputy home damaged by a six-foot storm surge at his home, far West in Big Pine Key. Residents were allowed to return to their homes in the Keys today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Sydney Rojers, 14 and Raquel Lopez, 17, left to right, volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, clear debris from a Monroe County sheriff’s deputy home damaged by a six-foot storm surge at his home, far West in Big Pine Key. Residents were allowed to return to their homes in the Keys today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Todd Brown, 42, pulls a tarp onto the exposed roof of of his friends home in Big Pine Key on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Residents were allowed to return to their homes today a week after Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys. AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com

Dulce Carvajal,left, and Dairon Esposito, 9, Center both neighbors, along with other Marathon residents search through donated items. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Pastor Fr. Luis Rivera serves Sunday mass for Marathon residents. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Marathon residents take home some of the donated items after Sunday service. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Traffic comes to a halt at the first checkpoint as residents and others head southbound on US1 towards the upper and lower Keys on Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. Today is the first day people are allowed to return to the Keys after heavy damage from hurricane Irma. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Duck Key resident Mona Barnes, prays as many Keys resident attend Sunday services. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Bruce Ferraro, usher, left, stands near the open door as Sandy Burton, center, and husband Rich, right, both drop off donated water and other items given by the residents of Palm City, Florida. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Traffic comes to a halt at the first checkpoint as residents and others head southbound on US1 towards the upper and lower Keys on Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. Today is the first day people are allowed to return to the Keys after heavy damage from hurricane Irma. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Palm City resident Sandy Burton drops off donated items during mass. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Traffic comes to a halt at the first checkpoint as residents and others head southbound on US1 towards the upper and lower Keys on Sunday Sept. 17, 2017. Today is the first day people are allowed to return to the Keys after heavy damage from hurricane Irma. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Palm City residents Rich, left and wife Sandy Burton, right, drops off donated items during mass. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Marathon Key residents pray together after receiving Holy Communion during Sunday mass. A mass held for about 30 people on Sunday September 17th 2017 at San Pablo Catholic Church on Marathon Key brings residents together to pray and help each other as the community recovers from hurricane Irma. The church is also serving as a donation drop-off site for food, water and other basic necessities and has no electricity, but is structurally sound. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Joann and Joe Ferrera return to their home in Summerland Key on Sunday Sept. 17th 2017, the first day residents were allowed back in. Their home, a trailer that had survived for 65 years, was completely destroyed by hurricane Irma. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com