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>>> ENTIRE COMMUNITIES
DESTROYED.
DESTROYED. BEACHES WIPED OUT.
HOMES AND BUSINESSES SHREDDED
INTO NOTHING BY THE SHEER FO4@R
OF HURRICANE MICHAEL.
>> TONIGHT, WE'RE GETTING A
CLEARER PICTURE OF THE
DESTRUCTIVE PATH THE CATEGORY 4
STORM PLOWED THROUGH FLORIDA,
AND INTO GEORGIA.
SO FAR, SEVEN DEATHS ARE TO
BLAME ON MICHAEL, AND THAT
NUMBER COULD GROW.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT, THIS
4@WAS THE MOST POWERFUL HURRICA
ON RECORD TO 4@HIT THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.
PANHANDLE. WIPING OUT NEIGHBORHOODS IN
JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO 4@BEGIN WITH CHI
METEOROLOGIST CHRIS HOLCOMB.
>> CHRIS WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT
NOW?
NOW?
NOW? >>
NOW? >> Reporter: WE'RE IN VALDASTA,
IN SOUTH GEORGIA.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS POWER
NOW AND WASN'T REALLY HIT VERY
HA4@RD.
HA4@RD.
HA4@RD. I
HA4@RD. I THINK YOU TO LOOK BEHIND ME.
THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
BUCKET TRUCKS THAT ARE ON STAND
BY, WAITING FOR ASSIGNMENT TO
GO OUT AND HELP RESTORE POWER.
TO CLEAR PATHS IN ORDER TO HELP
THINGS GET AS CLOSE TO NORMAL
AS WE CAN.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. OF
TIME. OF COURSE IF YOU ARE WITH US,
WE WERE IN PANAMA CITY.
TONIGHT, WE MOVED INTO
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA, THERE IN
DONELESONVILLE, WHERE THERE IS
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THERE.
ON THE WAY HERE TO VALDOSTA, WE
STOPPED INTO BAINBRIDGE, ALSO
WITH SOME EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN 4@
THOSE AREAS TOO.
YOU CAN SEE HOW STOREFRONT
WINDOWS ARE KNOCKED OUT.
YOU CAN SEE JUST INSIDE THERE,
WITH SUFFICIENT THAT PEOPLE CAN
EASILY GET.
EASILY GET. THEY HAVE ENSTATED IN
BAIN4@BRIDGE A CURFEW.
AS WE GOT THERE AT 7:00, THAT'S
WHEN THAT CURFEW WAS STARTING.
YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE LEFT
BEHI4@ND THERE AT THIS GAS
STATION AWNING THAT WAS TIPPED
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. THE
OVER. THE WINDOWS BROKEN THERE AS
WELL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS
THAT CAME THROUGH.
WITH THAT MANDATORY EVACUATION
IN BAINBRIDGE, FOLKS WERE
THREATENED WITH ARREST IF THEY
VIOLATED THAT.
VIOLATED THAT. THEY WERE TAKING IT SO
SERIOUSLY FOR PEOPLE'S SAFETY.
NOT TO GO AND 4@STEAL THINGS, B
ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL A
LOT OF TREES ON THE ROADS, AND
THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE DRIVING
ON THE ROADS, IN THE DARK.
RYAN JOINS ME, HE HAS BEEN ON 4@
THIS JOURNEY ALONG WITH CHRISTY
ETHERIDGE TOO.
ETHERIDGE TOO. RYAN, IT'S JUST BEEN SO AMAZING
TO SEE THE DAMAGE IN PANAMA
CITY, BUT EVEN THIS 4@FAR AWAY,
JUST THIS WIDESPREAD NATURE.
>> Reporter: SADLY, IT WAS AN
11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO DIED.
WE 4@WENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I
SEMINOLE COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHERE
THAT LITTLE GIRL DIED.
WE SPOKE TO A MAN, HE TOLD US
HIS DAUGHTER LAST 4@HER 4@BEST @
FRIEND.
FRIEND.
FRIEND. SARAH RADLEY, SHE WAS AT HER
GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE NEAR LAKE
SEMINOLE, WHEN EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A FREAK
ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT.
ACCIDENT. THE WINDS FROM HURRICANE
MICHAEL BLEW A PORTABLE CARPORT
THE WINDS FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL BLEW A PORTABLE CARPORT@
ON THE HOUSE WHERE SHE WAS
STAYING.
STAYING.
STAYING. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IT TOOK
THEM SEVER4@AL HOURS TO GET
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. IT
THERE. IT WAS A RURAL AREA, THEY JUST
COULDN'T GET THERE.
BY THE TIME THEY DID, SADLY, IT
WAS TOO LATE.
WE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE
NEIGHBORS, AND HE DESCRIBES HOW
EVERYONE ON THAT STREET WAS
TERRIFIED.
TERRIFIED. >> I HAD THE LORD ON MY SIDE.
I HAD PRAYED, AND PRAYED, AND
PRAYED, AND HE BLESSED US.
WE WERE BLESSED.
I WAS SCARED.
NO, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN 4@THAT
POSITION BEFORE.
POSITION BEFORE. >> Reporter: THAT GENTLEMAN YOU
JUST HEARD FROM, CHRIS, SADLY,
HE WAS STUCK IN HIS HOUSE MORE
@ THAN 24 HOURS, THE TREE FELL
RIGHT THROUGH THE HOUSE, THEY
COULDN'T GET4@ OUT, FRIENDS AND
FAMILY CAME OUT WITH THEIR
CHAINSAWS, TRIED TO CLEAR THE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL
DAMAGE THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP,
BUT ALSO A LOT OF EMOTIONAL
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. >> THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND THE
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE IS GOING TO
TAKE A LOT OF TIME4@.
THESE ARE JUST