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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.

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.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination is moving forward, with a final Senate vote expected this weekend.

As the confirmation saga starts and stops toward its climatic conclusion, students at UF and Santa Fe – and no doubt at colleges and universities across the country – watched Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.

Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake provided the critical vote to move the nomination out of committee while proposing the limited investigation. The Senate held a procedural vote on the nomination Friday.

Florida is no stranger to high-stakes, high-profile elections.

From gubernatorial party nominations all the way down to school board and mayor's races, we have you covered for Florida's primary.