Authorities are now saying at least 18 deaths have been caused by Hurricane Michael across four states. Michael crashed into the Florida Panhandle on October 10 as a powerful Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of 155 mph. One of the hardest-hit towns was Florida’s Mexico Beach, southeast of Panama City, where entire neighborhoods appear to have been erased by the ferocious winds—the debris of the structures scattered far inland among boats and shattered trees. Below, recent photographs from Mexico Beach, Panama City, and neighboring towns, as the full extent of the damage wrought by Michael becomes clearer.
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Read moreHomes and businesses along US 98 are left in ruins by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA forest of broken trees in Panama City, Florida, on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreA preserved F-15A Eagle, overturned by Hurricane Michael, in Callaway, Florida, on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreWreckage of homes and businesses along US 98 in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreThe destroyed marina in Port Saint Joe, Florida, on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreBoats inside a destroyed building are seen during a post-Hurricane Michael flight by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations helicopter near Panama City, Florida, on October 11, 2018. #
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Read moreWreckage of homes and businesses, strewn in the woods along US 98 in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreDamaged homes in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreA member of a Tennessee urban search and rescue team works a debris pile with a dog in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreAn aerial photo shows damaged and destroyed homes after Hurricane Michael smashed into Florida's northwest coast in Mexico Beach, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreAn aerial image of a hard-hit beachside neighborhood in Mexico Beach, a day after Hurricane Michael, on October 11, 2018. To see what the neighborhood looked like pre-hurricane, view a Google Maps satellite image from 2012. #
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Read moreMembers of City Miami Fire Rescue look for victims in a damaged building in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreTwo men look at a road destroyed during Hurricane Michael near Eastpoint, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read morePeople inspect a Waffle House damaged by Hurricane Michael in Callaway, Florida, on October 11, 2018. #
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Read moreDowned trees are seen from the air on Tyndall Air Force Base, near Mexico Beach, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA ship lies capsized in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA storm-damaged marina in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018 #
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Read moreSouth Florida urban search and rescue specialist Chris Boyer removes a damaged American flag from a downed pole while checking for survivors in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read morePower crews work to restore power on US 98 outside Carrabelle, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA mother and her son walk down a street damaged by Hurricane Michael in Callaway, Florida, on October 11, 2018. #
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Read moreAntwone Lollis, Joe Price, and Alfred Barnes (from left) wait for their dinner to cook on a grill outside Alfred's house, since it has no electricity after Hurricane Michael passed through, on October 12, 2018, in Panama City. #
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Read moreHomes destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach on October 11, 2018 #
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Read moreA brown pelican with an injured wing struggles on the side of US 98 after being injured in Hurricane Michael in Carrabelle, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreClaire mourns as she sees the damage caused by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA woman holds a street sign while checking the remains of her house in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA storm-damaged church is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael on October 11, 2018, in Panama City. #
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Read moreA boat and car sit among debris after being washed inland behind the home of Hector Morales in Mexico Beach on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreA boy helps a neighbor recover furniture in an RV park in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Parker, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreFranklin County deputy Matt Murray helps distribute cases of instant hot meals after Hurricane Michael in Carrabelle, Florida, on October 12, 2018. #
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Read moreCynthia Biegler, 81, stands in the church that she has attended since 1962, after two of the exterior walls were blown down when Hurricane Michael passed through, on October 13, 2018, in Panama City, Florida. #
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