turning back now to hurricane Michael
and the destruction left behind over a
big stretch of Florida the storm now
being blamed for six deaths in several
neighborhoods in the Panhandle are
destroyed many victims not able to
return yet we have live team coverage
this morning as the Castro is following
the latest warning for vacu weeds but we
start with Kayla part in the newsroom
with an update from overnight on
recovery efforts clay bridgett as you
just mentioned Michael is now being
blamed for at least half a dozen deaths
including an 11-year old girl in Georgia
who was a who was pulled by the sari who
was killed by debris that ripped through
the roof of her home today crews will
continue to search for survivors through
all that debris scattered across the
Panhandle this is what's left after
Michael is a hundred and fifty five mile
an hour winds tore through Mexico beach
and the Panhandle on its way to becoming
the strongest storm to hit the
continental United States in more than
25 years every reference every scores
known for those who ignored the
mandatory evacuation in Mexico Beach
many found themselves inside homes that
were knocked off their foundation or
worse I noticed that things seem to be
moving outside and I thought that trees
were going by and I realized it was our
house now rescue teams are going
door-to-door searching for survivors I
just started crying because I see leave
Vienna I see Miami I see people who have
been through this before and understand
a familiar sight for some like this
rescue crew from Louisiana what we're
standing in right now is what Katrina
did to New Orleans you know especially
the Lower Ninth Ward
first responders think it will take
months and even years for things to
remotely resemble what they once were
have no jobs nowhere to go
can't get out don't have a lot of money
what do you do next
hurricane Michael is now a post tropical
storm and brought major flooding to
parts of Virginia and the Carolinas
Justin all right clay thank you and this
morning we're also getting a stunning
look from above at the devastation in
the Panhandle sky 6 gave us this view
yesterday over Mexico Beach the 155 mile
an hour winds leaving little behind rows
of homes flattened even foundations
ripped out roads felt the brunt of this
- with many of them still closed right
now and it wasn't much better about 25
miles west and Panama City very similar
scenes you can ski sky 6 up over that
area as well many neighborhoods there
have also been reduced to mostly rubble
boating docks destroyed with some boats
even capsizing and with a lot of the
roads shut down the cleanup effort has
barely started and sadly there's a lot
more destruction we have seen in North
Florida we've posted the uncut aerial
footage we gathered there on click
Orlando comm find a link on the top of
the homepage we continue to keep team
coverage now with a warning for vacuous
from the Panhandle not to return as the
Castro is live along the Turnpike and
although people are anxious to try to
get back as the officials are saying is
too dangerous right now yeah Bridget
Governor Rick Scott is asking for
evacuees to not go back home just yet
saying the roads are way too dangerous
from Michael's aftermath I want
everybody there everybody to think about
this you survive this unbelievable storm
stay safe don't venture out unless you
have to the message from the governor is
loud and clear saying he wants as many
people off the roads as the recovery
phase of Michael continues we've got a
lot of debris we've got a lot of downed
power lines we have about 360,000 homes
and businesses without power though
interstate I 10 is back open many
Louise in Central Florida are wanting to
return home like Rosalyn Williams
she knows the roads are dangerous right
now but told us she had to make it up
there to make sure her family was ok
I've called to everybody that I know and
know everyone's phones are off and over
my shoulder is the northbound Turnpike
which where traffic is pretty light for
now but again state leaders they are
urging everyone to stay away from the
Panhandle until the all-clear is given
Justin as he Castro life force thanked
us he and more jaw-dropping images of
Michael's wrath are coming from the
ground
cell phone video showing a moment roofs
went flying unbelievable this comes from
Panama City Beach as the storm made
landfall several buildings as you can
see unable to withstand the Hurricanes
power and coming up in just a few
minutes new 6 sits down with survivors
of the storm we'll share one family
story of heartbreak and hope and right
now thousands of workers are on the
ground working to restore power to
hundreds of thousands of homes and
businesses that lost electricity in this
storm pictures from the Orlando
Utilities Commission show some of its
crews who headed north to help Duke
Energy and FPL also sent workers at last
check about 370 3,000 homes were without
power federal officials say cell phone
service is also down in many areas and
local relief organizations are also
doing their part
we found volunteers from across the
country gathered at the Red Cross in
Orlando yesterday packing up to lend a
hand to people in the Panhandle and
people we talked to came from as far
away as Alaska to help storm victims
complete coverage of hurricane Michael
in the aftermath continues on-click
Orlando calm around the clock you can
find the latest updates on the recovery
effort as they come in