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>>> POWERFUL CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE MICHAEL, MAKING
LANDFALL IN THE U.S. WE ARE
STARTING TO GET OUR FIRST LOOK
AT THE DAMAGE MICHAEL IS
LEAVING BEHIND.
LEAVING BEHIND. THE MASSIVE STORM MADE LANDFALL
AROUND 130 THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> WATCH AS THE STOREFRONT IS
RIPPED APART IN PANAMA CITY
BEACH.
BEACH.
BEACH. BUILDINGS AND HOMES DESTROYED
BY HEAVY RAIN AND 150 MILE-PER-
HOUR WIND.
HOUR WIND. THE FORCE OF THOSE WINDS NOT
JUST KNOCKING DOWN BUILDINGS
THAT PEOPLE TOO.
>> THAT IS WEATHER CHANNEL
METEOROLOGIST JIM CANTORE
COMING TO KERRY SANDERS IN
PANAMA CITY BEACH TODAY.
>> YOU CAN FEEL THE WIND ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL
FLASH FLOODING.
FLASH FLOODING. LIVE TEAM WEATHER COVERAGE AS
MICHAEL ZEROS AND.
>> LET'S START WITH BRAD
PANOVICH FOR THE VERY LATEST.
>>> THE STORM CONTINUES THIS
WEEKEND BUT A POWERFUL HURRICANE
EVEN INLAND.
EVEN INLAND. IT'S ONLY BEEN ABOUT FOR OURS
SINCE LANDFALL, MOVING AT 60
MILES AN HOUR.
WINDS DOWN TO 125 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. THE
HOUR. THE EYE WALL FILLING IN.
YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS FILL IN
THE CENTER THERE, THE FAST
MOVEMENT IS KEY.
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 16.
YOU CAN SEE THE EYE WALL
BEGINNING TO DISAPPEAR SLOWLY,
AS IT MOVES INLAND.
THE WEAKENING PROCESS TAKES
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. A
TIME. A STORM THE STRONG MOVING THAT
QUICKLY WILL TAKE SEVERAL MORE
HOURS TO WE CAN.
THE PROBLEM THOSE TYPE OF WINDS
OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND
ALABAMA WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE.
WIND DAMAGE. YOU CAN SEE THE START MOVING
ACROSS I-10, COMING UP WE WILL
BE TRACKING IT WITH THE LATEST
UP TO DATE FROM THE HURRICANE
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. >>> THE STRONGEST WORKING TO
+@ EVER HIT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
>> LET'S SEND IT TO JAY GRAY IN
PANAMA CITY BEACH RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: FINALLY GETTING A
BREAK FROM WHAT HAS BEEN
DUMPING RAIN HERE.
STILL SPITTING AT TIMES BUT
NOTHING LIKE WE HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR HOURS.
STILL SIGNIFICANT WIND AS WELL.
WHILE THE STORM IS WORKING
INLAND MICHAEL STILL UNLEASHING
HIS FURY HERE.
FORD'S PANHANDLE UNDER SIEGE.
HURRICANE MICHAEL, THE MOST
POWERFUL STORM ON RECORD TO HIT
THE REGION, SLAMMING INTO THE
COAST.
COAST.
COAST. >>
COAST. >> HURRICANE MICHAEL IS UPON
US, NOW IS THE TIME TO SEEK
REFUGE.
REFUGE.
REFUGE. >> THE CATASTROPHIC STORM
BRINGING A TRIPLE THREAT.
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE, UP TO 14
FEET PROJECTED ALONG THE
COASTLINE.
COASTLINE. DESTRUCTIVE WIND AS HIGH AS 150
MILES AN HOUR.
+@ TEARING UP THE HOLDINGS AND
KNOCKING OUT POWER.
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALREADY
+@
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALREADY CAUSING FLOODING.
CAUSING FLOODING. >> HURRICANE MICHAEL IS
HURRICANE OF THE WORST KIND.
>> Reporter: WITH THE STORM
TRACKING INLAND GEORGIA HAS
DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN THE CAROLINAS DREADING
MICHAEL'S ARRIVAL.
MICHAEL'S ARRIVAL. >> NORTH CAROLINA IS STARING
DOWN ANOTHER POWERFUL
+@ HURRICANE.
HURRICANE. LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER
HURRICANE FLORENCE BATTERED OUR
STATE. THE LIFE-THREATENING
STORM PUTTING THE ENTIRE
SOUTHEAST ON ALERT.
A LIVE LOOK AT WHAT CONTINUES
TO BE HUGE SWELLS OFF THE
SHORELINE.
SHORELINE. WE HAVE SEEN THE SURF BUILDING,
TEARING APART THROUGHOUT THE
DAY HERE, WHAT IS NORMALLY A
CALM GOALS, AS THE STORM MOVES
INLAND, IT IS STILL GOING TO BE
A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
SEVERAL DAYS. THAT IS THE LATEST HERE IN
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA.
>> BE SAFE OUT THERE.
RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO GET
ANOTHER CHECK ON MICHAEL IS THE
LATEST TRACK AND IMPACT ON THE
CAROLINAS.
CAROLINAS. >> LET'S SEND THINGS BACK OVER
TO BRAD PANOVICH FOR AN UPDATE.
>> UPDATING THE TRACK RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE JUST GOT IN FROM THE
+@HURRICANE CENTER, BEAR WITH M
ONE SECOND.
ONE SECOND. WE WILL BACK THIS UP A LITTLE
AND SHOW YOU THE LATEST
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY. WINDS DOWN TO 125 MILES PER
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. YOU
HOUR. YOU SEE MOVING INTO CENTRAL
GEORGIA TONIGHT, WEAKENING TO A
TROPICAL STORM BY 2:00 A.M.
IT IS MOVING QUICKLY AND JUST
MADE LANDFALL 1:30 1:30 THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. IT TAKES TIME TO UNWIND.
AS IT MOVES INTO COLUMBIA,
+@
AS IT MOVES INTO COLUMBIA, TOMORROW MORNING, FLYING AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
IT COULD BE EAST OF CHARLOTTE
BY 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AS A
WEEK TROPICAL STORM 45 MILES
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR.
PER HOUR. TOMORROW NIGHT, INTO EARLY
FRIDAY, IT IS LONG GONE.
BY THE TIME WE WAKE UP FRIDAY
MORNING, THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
WELL OFF THE EAST COAST.
THIS IS DRAMATIC HOW QUICKLY IT
MOVES FROM GEORGIA TO OFF THE
COAST IN JUST ABOUT 12-24
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. IT
HOURS. IT IS MOVING THROUGH HERE.
WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING, BUT IT COULD
START TO IMPROVE QUICKLY BY
THIS TIME TOMORROW EVENING.