Hurricane Irma: 5 years later Driving rain, raging wind, flooded homes and mangled metal. Those were some of the devastating consequences when Irma hit Southwest Florida on Sept. 10, 2017. Now, five years later, the rubble has transformed. The one good thing the storm brought was the way people came together to help each other out. WINK News takes you through the days after the storm and the strength of the community after Irma swept through neighborhoods, first making landfall on Marco Island. Watch the special in the media player above.