JEFF GLOR
THERE GOES THE ROOF OF A
HOUSE.
A VERY DANGEROUS AND SAD
SITUATION CONTINUES TO UNFOLD
IN THE PANHANDLE AS HURRICANE
MICHAEL STRIKES.
LIKE A STORM ON STEROIDS,
MICHAEL BLEW UP FROM HAVING 90
MILES PER HOUR TO 140 MILES PER
HOUR.
BY THE TIME IT HIT LAND,
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AT 155.
THE DAMAGE IN SOME PLACES IS
CATASTROPHIC.
THIS IS MEXICO BEACH FLORIDA.
MOST OF THE HOMES HAVE WATER UP
TO THE ROOF.
DEBRIS IS WHAT IS LEFT OF OTHER
BUILDINGS.
THIS IS OUR TOP STORY.
TO PUT THIS INTO HISTORICAL
CONTEXT, MANY OF US CAN
UNDERSTAND ALL TO WELL WHEN ALL
THE DATA IS ANALYZED, IT MAY BE
DETERMINED THAT HURRICANE
MICHAEL WAS AS STRONG AS
HURRICANE ANDREW.
THE IMAGES ARE DEVASTATING.
THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS TO
HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE CHOSEN
TO IGNORE EVACUATION ORDERS.
Reporter: IT'S A SAD
SITUATION.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE TELLING ME THEY HAD NO
PLACE TO GO.
TAKE A LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER.
THIS WAS THE ROOM FOR THE
MANAGER OF THE ACTUAL HOTEL.
SHE LIVED HERE AND THIS IS WHAT
SHE EXPERIENCED.
I REMEMBER HER RUNNING DOWN THE
STAIRS TELLING EVERYBODY THE
ROOF IS RIPPING OFF THE
BUILDING.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY DAMAGE WE
SEE LIKE THIS.
IF WE LOOK THROUGH THESE TREES,
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ANOTHER
BUILDING WHERE THE ROOF
COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF THE TOP
OF THAT BUILDING.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
SEEING HERE IN PANAMA CITY.
HURRICANE MICHAEL BROUGHT WIND
AND RAIN TO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.
ALONG WITH DAMAGE LIKE THE ROOF
OF THIS BUILDING.
A UTILITY POLE SNAPPED IN HALF
AND CARS DAMAGED BY FLYING
DEBRIS.
INSIDE THIS HOTEL, PEOPLE RAN
FOR COVER IN FEAR AFTER HEARING
PARTS OF THE ROOFLINE OFF.
FAMILIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR HOMES.
IT'S ABOUT TO GET WASHED
OUT.
Reporter: THEY KNOW WHAT MAY
BE DAYS UNTIL THEY MAY GO BACK
TO THEIR PROPERTIES.
WITH THIS WIND, WHO KNOWS.
Reporter: NOW THAT THE WIND
AND RAIN HAVE LEFT THE AREA,
SOME REMAIN HOPEFUL THEY WILL
HAVE A HOME TO GO TO ONCE THE
STREETS ARE CLEAR.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A LITTLE
WINDY.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE DEBRIS LIKE THIS. THIS IS
FROM THE ROOF OF THE HOTEL.
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
THAT IS WHY I GOT AN ALERT ON
MY PHONE THAT THERE'S A
MANDATORY CURFEW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING.
IN PANAMA CITY, CBS4 NEWS.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU WERE
DOING.
I KNOW ONE OF OUR VEHICLES WAS
DAMAGED.
IS THERE POWER WHERE YOU ARE?
Reporter: WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE WE SAW
SOME DOWNED POWER LINES ALONG
THE STREET.
WE SAW SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO LEAVE.
WE HAVE OUR MAINLINE VEHICLE.
THAT IS WORKING AND IS OKAY.
WE HAVE ENOUGH FUEL.
WE HAD ANOTHER VEHICLE, THAT
WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.
THE BACK OF IT, IF WE WALK OVER
HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
SMASHED AGAINST IT DURING THE
TIME WHEN WE WERE IN THE EYEWALL
FOR AT LEAST ONE TO TWO HOURS.
THANK YOU TO CRAIG BECAUSE HE
KEPT US INFORMED AND HE WAS