![]() Officials including Trump, Scott and Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor aiming to become governor in next month’s election, all urged citizens not to underestimate the storm. A tropical depression developed off of the North Carolina coast Monday morning while forecasters watch two other systems for potential tropical development. “I am not seeing the level of traffic on the roadways that I would expect when we’ve called for the evacuation of 75% of this county,” the Bay county sheriff, Tommy Ford said. Its tropical-storm-force wind speeds stretch for more than 320. On average, the Atlantic has about five hurricanes by October 8. Some officials were worried that they were not seeing a rush of evacuees. Michael is the seventh hurricane of the year in the Atlantic Basin. They said category 4 storms were “extremely dangerous” and had the potential to devastate large areas and leave homes without power for weeks. ![]() Early reports of flooding from the Panhandle were received before nightfall.Īuthorities upgraded the hurricane to a category 4 status in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Hurricane Michael, which barreled into the Florida Panhandle in October, was actually a Category 5 storm when it hit the coast, scientists at the National Hurricane Center said Friday. The WCTV Pinpoint Weather app includes access to the radar, severe weather and lightning alerts, current conditions, hour-by-hour forecasts, and our own seven-day forecast. The storm has claimed at least 13 lives during its northerly march through the western Caribbean and Central America.ĭonald Trump made a disaster declaration for Florida that allows the resources of the federal emergency management agency (Fema) to be deployed. As horrifying as it is to see this happen so close to land, it's also incredible to be able to watch in near-real time -> /B1Qzd64zRl- Jack Sillin | October 10, 2018 ![]() #Michael making a big show of clearing/warming its eye in the past 15 minutes or so. ![]()
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