Hurricane Michael crashed into Florida on October 10 as a powerful Category 4 storm—the third-most powerful hurricane ever to strike the U.S. mainland. With sustained winds of 155 mph, Michael is the strongest storm to hit Florida in 80 years, and the most powerful to ever strike its panhandle region. Trees were stripped bare, toppled, and splintered; railroad cars were blown off the tracks; houses and buildings were torn and battered; and neighborhoods were left flooded as the storm passed through. Florida residents up and down the coast near Panama City are now assessing the damage, as Michael, now a tropical storm, pushes north into Georgia and the Carolinas.
Photos From the Aftermath of Hurricane Michael
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An electric transformer explodes in the distance as heavy rains and wind from Hurricane Michael blanket the Florida State University campus on October 10, 2018, in Tallahassee. #
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Emily Hindle lies on the floor of an evacuation shelter set up at Rutherford High School in advance of Hurricane Michael in Panama City Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2018. #
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Megan Williams (left and her roommate Kaylee O'Brian take belongings from their destroyed home after several trees fell on the house during Hurricane Michael in Panama City on October 10, 2018. #
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Rick Teska (left) helps a business owner rescue his dogs from a damaged business after Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 10, 2018, in Panama City. #
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Amanda Logsdon begins the process of trying to clean up her home after the roof was blown off by the passing winds of Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018, in Panama City, Florida. #
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