Tourist hotspot Maho Beach is unrecognisable after Hurricane Irma lashed the island of St Martin with life-threatening winds and rain.
The normally idyllic Caribbean beach is on the Dutch side of St Martin, known as St Maarten. It's famous for the Princess Juliana International Airport right next door, which has seen it become a popular site for travellers looking to take thrillseeking pictures of planes that appear in touching distance overhead.
A New Zealand woman was killed this year by a jet blast from a plane.
Bars reportedly display flight arrival times on boards outside.
However the beach has been rendered unrecognisable by the Category 5 storm that lashed the island with winds of up to 300km/h.