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Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael The storm making landfall in the Florida Panhandle.

Hurricane Michael

storm [2018]
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Hurricane Michael, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone that brought devastating wind damage, rain, and flooding to the Florida Panhandle and southwestern and central Georgia in early October 2018. Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2018, with maximum sustained winds peaking at 161 miles (259 km) per hour, making it the first category 5 (see Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale) hurricane on record to strike the Florida Panhandle. When it struck, it was the third-most...

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