VIDEO: Famous Maho Beach Cam in St. Maarten showcases devastation of Hurricane Irma

No one is watching the planes come in from the beach today.

Instead, the Caribbean is under siege as Hurricane Irma pounds various islands across the region.

On Wednesday morning, it reached the country of St. Maarten, a small island that’s famous for its iconic, beach adjacent airport.

That’s where tourists typically go to enjoy some time in the sun and experience the rare thrill of having a jumbo jet fly just a few metres over your head.

You don’t have to be at the beach to see the jets come in, however, as there is a live webcam that broadcasts these landings and take offs online.

Today, however, that same beach and the rest of the island is being devastated by Hurricane Irma and the webcam caught a lot of the action.

#LIVE footage of #HurricaneIrma destroying https://t.co/TUjTdYPyRR in #StMaarten We will #rebuild! @sxmtweets pic.twitter.com/j2IoIGFSuH

— PTZtv (@PTZtv) September 6, 2017

The footage shows the winds, which were recorded up to 180 mph earlier in the day, ripping apart trees, sending water sideways and even having its way with an abandoned car.

Eventually, the webcam can’t handle the winds and it goes offline.

Another webcam shows a wider angle of the storm, and you can see flood waters beginning to rise.

Last live moments of our https://t.co/0QUwISMaAX @hollandhousesxm before #HurricaneIrma took us offline #lightning #stormsurge #poweroutage pic.twitter.com/jvRYNhZi2g

— PTZtv (@PTZtv) September 6, 2017

Surprisingly, it appears that the power is still on in some areas, which can only be seen as a positive.

Hurricane Irma is expected to make its way across the Caribbean over the next couple of days before making landfall in Florida this weekend.