Hurricane Michael now takes aim at Georgia
Hurricane Michael has crossed into Georgia after making landfall along the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm yesterday.
Mexico Beach, Florida was hit with severe damage where the powerful, unprecedented storm made landfall. Wind gusts over 100 mph were common during the height of the storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Scores of homes and businesses in the small beach community were completely destroyed.
At least two people died as a result of falling trees.
AccuWeather vice president of forecasting and graphics operations Marshall Moss said: "A Category 4 hurricane has never struck that part of Florida. The coastline will be changed for decades."
More than 600,000 were without power across the region on Wednesday night and officials warn that some areas could be without power for days.
The National Hurricane Center said the storm is a ‘worst-case scenario’ for the region. Michael is the first Category 4 hurricane to hit the area.
Michael is moving into Georgia, with winds as high as 70 mph. Winds have gusted to 40 mph in areas as far north as Atlanta, despite being nearly 90 miles away from the eye of the storm.
At least one person was confirmed dead in South Georgia due to more falling trees.
"#Michael continues to weaken over eastern Georgia, but tropical storm force winds and threat of flooding and tornadoes continue over Georgia and the Carolinas today," the National Hurricane Center tweeted early Thursday.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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