Tag Archives: Hurricane Michael

The storm is forecast to be the most destructive to hit the Panhandle in decades and expected to send life-threatening surges of ocean water into coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico.

Officials say 16 people died in Florida because of Hurricane Michael, doubling the numbers of deaths in the state The Associated Press had previously attributed to last week's storm.

Their town was in the path of Hurricane Michael, the strongest hurricane to hit Florida’s Panhandle in over a century.

Hurricane Michael was the most powerful storm to make landfall in the continental U.S. in more than 26 years. The now tropical storm is moving over Georgia on its way to the Carolinas.

Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during its passage.

While Levy County government offices return to normal operations on Thursday, schools will be back in session on Friday.

Here is a collection of updates from two reporters inside the Bay County Emergency Operations Center in Panama City.

Cedar Key residents work together to prepare for Hurricane Michael before the 5 p.m. mandatory evacuation.