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>> A
>> A DEADLY POWER HOUSE STORM RIPS THROUGH THE PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. >> HURRICANE MICHAEL IS A
HURRICANE OF THE 4@WORST KIND.
>> LEAVING BEHIND DEVASTATION
AND DESTRUCTION.
AND DESTRUCTION. >> THE CATEGORY 4 STORM
POUNDING THE GULF COAST,
DELIVERING A STORM SURGE THAT
LEFT PARTS OF THE COAST UNDER
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. ALL EYES ON GEORGIA AS 4@THE
STORM PASSES THROUGH.
I'M KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE ON
THE VERY LATEST.
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>>> POWERFUL IMAGES THIS MORNING AS WE GET A CLOSER LOOK
AT MICHAEL'S DESTRUCTIVE PATH.
ONCE THE SUNRISES, THE 4@FOCUS
SHIFTS TO RECOVERY.
GEORGIA IS STILL FEELING THE
IMPACTS.
IMPACTS.
IMPACTS. MICHAEL IS STILL HERE, NOW A
TROPICAL STORM.
TROPICAL STORM. LOOKING AT MADISON, GEORGIA.
THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT BUT THE
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL THERE
MOVING THROUGH AS YOU CAN SEE
FROM THESE AMERICAN FLAGS.
THE WET WEATHER HAS BEEN GOING
ON THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND
INTO THE MORNING ALL THROUGH
THE STATE.
THE STATE. THIS MORNING, WE HAVE TE4@AM
COVERAGE FOR YOU, COVERING ALL
ANGLES OF THE STORM AND ITS
IMPACTS FROM FLORIDA TO METRO
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. BUT FIRST WE WILL KICK OFF YO4@
RUSH BLOCK WITH CHESLEY.
HE HAS BEEN HERE COVERING
MICHAEL FOR ALL OF YOU.
>> LET'S GET TO IT AND SEE WHAT
IS TAKING PLACE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE RAIN THAT
WE HAD THROUGH YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON IS SUBSIDING IN OUR
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. MOST HEAVY RAIN IS OVER IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE WINDS OF ABOUT 50 MILES
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. NOW PUSHING -- STILL IN4@ THE
STATE, STILL IN THE EXTREME
PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
VERY CLOSE TO THIS WOULD BE
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA HERE.
VERY CLOSE THERE.
WE WILL ZOOM IN TO SHOW YOU
THAT BETTER.
THAT BETTER. YOU SEE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
PASSED THROUGH THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION THERE.
CIRCULATION THERE. WINDS OF 50 MILES PER HOUR.
THE EASTERN COUNTIES STILL
EXPERIENCING THOSE VERY, VERY
STRONG WINDS.
STRONG WINDS. MEANWHILE HERE IN METRO
ATLANTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME
LIGHT RAIN STILL COMING DOWN OF
COURSE.
COURSE.
COURSE. ROADWAYS STILL WET.
BE CAREFUL AS YOU'RE TRAVELING
OUT THERE, FOLKS TO ROSWELL.
WE HAVE TH4@E LIGHT 4@RAIN
CONTINUING.
CONTINUING. JERRY IS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS MORGAN COUNTY.
THAT IS THE CITY OF MADISON.
YOU SAW THE FLAGS FLYING AROUND
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. JERRY, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS
LIKE RIGHT NO4@W?
>> CHESLEY, IT APPEARS -- IT
APPEARS THAT THE WORST OF THIS
IS BEHIND US.
BUT I SAID THAT ONCE BEFORE AND
I WAS WRONG.
SO WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW IS
STILL GUSTING WINDS.
THE RAIN IS GONE.
NOTHING LIKE THE 30-MINUTE
BATTERING OF WIND AND RAIN THAT
WE TOOK A LITTLE WHILE AGAIN
BETWEEN THE 5:00 AND 6:00 A.M.
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. 30
HOURS. 30 MINUTES OF VERY INTENSE
4@
30 MINUTES OF VERY INTENSE WINDS.
WINDS.
WINDS. AND IT CAUSED SOME DAMAGE.
YOU SEE A TREE IN 4@DOWNTOWN
MADISON, THE TREE LIMBS HERE
HAVE SNAPPED.
HAVE SNAPPED. TWO OF THEM -- TWO FAIRLY LARGE
LIMBS FORTUNATELY JUST HITTING
THE GROUND BELOW.
WE HAVE REPORTS OF THAT ALL
OVER MORGAN AND NEARBY GREENE
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. MULTIPLE LIMBS DOWN.
NOT CAUSING ANY EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. THAT WAS FROM THAT VERY HEAVY
PERIOD OF WIND AND RAIN THAT WE
TO4@OK BETWEEN THE 5:00 A.M.
AND THE 6:00 A.M.
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. POWER OUTAGES ALL THROUGHOUT
THIS AREA.
THIS AREA. AGAIN, IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW
THAT THE WORST MAY BE BEHIND 4@
AS WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF RAIN
GONE AND JUST THE OCCASIONAL
GUST OF WIND.
LET'S CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE
WITH CHRISTIE WHO 4@IS JUST OUT
OF MARIANNA, FLORIDA.
>> Reporter: IT IS INCREDIBLE
THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION THAT
WE SAW ON THE DRIVE FROM PANAMA
CITY ALL 4@THE WAY UP 4@4@HIGHW
231.
231.
231. THEY
231. THEY ACTUALLY JUST SHUT DOWN
THE INTERSTATE THIS MORNING.
AND WE HAD TO TRY TO NAVIGATE
OUR WAY AROUND TO FIND JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF SERVICE TO BRING
YOU THIS BROADCAST.
LET'S LOOK AT VIDEO FROM
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THIS IS WHAT WE EXPERIENCED 4@4@
WHEN WE WERE IN PANAMA CITY AS
THAT CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE HIT.
AT SOME POINT WE HAD TO TAKE
SHELTER OURSELVES.
SHELTER OURSELVES. THE EXTREME WINDS WERE JUST TOO
DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE.
EVERYTHING BECAME A PROJECTILE.
AND THE HOTEL THAT WE WERE
4@SHELTERING IN TOOK QUITE A
BEATING TOO.
BEATING TOO. THE SIDING WAS RIPPED OFF.
WE SAW SHINGLES BEING RIPPED
OFF OF THE ROOF.
A BIG PLANTER TRIED TO BREAK 4@
INTO THE DOOR.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO PHYSICALLY
HOLD THE DOOR TO 4@KEEP IT FROM
FLYING OPEN.
FLYING OPEN. IT WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE
EVER SEEN.
EVER SEEN. SEVERAL PEOPLE DID STAY IN
PANAMA CITY TO RIDE OUT THIS
STORM.
STORM.
STORM. WE
STORM. WE TALKED TO THEM AFTER IT WAS
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. >>
OVER. >> FOR A BRIEF SECOND, WE FELT
THE ROOF WAS GOING TO CAVE IN.
WE HAD SOME OF THE INSULATION
COMING DOWN FROM THE ROOF.
IT WAS SCARIER THAN
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, THE
CLEAN-UP BEGINS.
CLEAN-UP BEGINS. THERE IS A STAGING EVENT 4@
SEVERAL MILES FROM HERE WHERE
COMMUNICATION TRUCKS WILL GO
AND START THE PROCESS OF
GETTING UP 4@THE CELL TOWERS AN
COMMUNICATION AGAIN.
COMMUNICATION AGAIN. BUT THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIE.
GLAD YOU'RE SAFE THIS MORNING.
BE CAREFUL COMING BACK HOME.
4@
BE CAREFUL COMING BACK HOME. SHE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH
A LOT OF 4@DEBRIS THAT HIT IN
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA AS WELL.
THE STORM ITSELF ALMOST OUT OF
OUR STATE.
OUR STATE. THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION ON
THE BORDER NEAR AUGUSTA.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH AWAY
THROUGH THE MORNING.
OUR CONDITIONS HERE WILL GET
BETTER THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE WILL KEEP THE CLOUDS AROUND
FOR THE MID MORNING.
BY THE AFTERNOON, THOSE WILL
CLEAR OUT AND BE BREEZY AS4@
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THE
WELL. THE WINDS 4@AT 15 TO 20 MILES P
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. GUSTS COULD BE HIGHER