Brenda Griffies (MEXICO BEACH, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael left a trail of destruction in its wake after making landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday. The power of the fierce Category 4 storm is evident in dramatic footage showing demolished homes and submerged neighborhoods. ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee saw a […]
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday afternoon, unleashing heavy rain, high winds and a devastating storm surge. Here is a look at the dangerous storm by the numbers: 155 mph: Wind speed — nearly the highest possible for […]
Martha Crombie/Ardent Health(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A hospital in Florida that sheltered 1,500 people — staff’s families, first responders and patients — from Hurricane Michael said that that although everyone is safe, the building was damaged and it is evacuating more than 200 patients. Bay Medical Sacred Heart in Panama […]
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Like thousands of other people across the Florida Panhandle, Krista Miller was urged to evacuate her home in Apalachicola before Hurricane Michael roared ashore. But Miller chose to stay behind and weather the dangerous storm in her two-story, 111-year-old house, which is just 100 yards […]
Jefferson Siegel-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York prosecutors dropped part of their sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday. The Manhattan District Attorney decided to drop count six of the indictment, which involves Lucia Evans, the actress who accused Weinstein of forcing her to perform oral sex on him […]
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A ferocious and historic Hurricane Michael is heading toward the Carolinas after tearing through Florida and Georgia, demolishing homes, submerging entire neighborhoods and killing at least two people, including an 11-year-old girl. It is the third-most-powerful storm on record to hit the U.S., and […]
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael may be a monster of a storm, but it’s unlikely to cause dramatic gasoline price spikes, energy experts said. Energy companies were evacuating platforms and rigs, and reducing operations for 42.3 percent of current oil production and 31.7 percent of natural gas […]
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — At least one person has died as a result of Hurricane Michael, a monstrous storm that made landfall Wednesday afternoon as a Category 4 with top winds of 155 mph. Michael is the strongest storm since Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the third most […]
Nasa via ZUMA Wire(PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.) — As the destructive forces of Hurricane Michael were set to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station were able to capture breathtaking video of the storm. “That is one scary-looking storm,” Serena Aunon-Chancellor, a NASA […]
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a monstrous Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds, made landfall in the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon, becoming the strongest storm since Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the third most powerful ever on record to hit the U.S. A broad swath of […]
