It is also the first hurricane to ever resurge in a completely different place. Strengthen the minds and bodies of first responders for the days ahead. (©2018 Genesis Photo Agency/photo by Andrew Wardlow), Hannah Farris hands out food and other essential items to a family impacted by Hurricane Michael at Northstar Church in Callaway, Florida, on Wednesday, Oct. 17. Though the ground was relatively dry due to recent dry weather, these rainfall totals led to isolated instances of flooding, including a few roads that were washed out. (Courtesy: Paulding County Fire Department). His son's middle school in Panama City was also annihilated. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. Learn More. See the specifics on these tornadoes below. Michael was only the 4th Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. since 1850 and the first since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. People are just doing what they can do,” says Pastor Chris Washington of Beacon Light Community Church in Panama City. Get inspiration in your inbox!Join a community of change makers. Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach on the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm early Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 10, 2018. For more information on the catastrophic damage experienced within the NWS Tallahassee area, click here. (©2018 Genesis Photo Agency/photo by Michael Spooneybarger), Recovery will be a long time coming for residents of the Florida Panhandle, which bore the brunt of Hurricane Michael's Category 4 landfall. Get breaking disaster news in your inbox! Scores of people are still missing in the hardest-hit areas.

Boats are left damaged in a Panama City marina on October 10. The view to the future and the challenges ahead are still being determined, officials say, but in worst-hit areas, it will be years rather than months before life will be back to normal. A storm chaser climbs into his vehicle to retrieve equipment after a hotel canopy collapsed in Panama City Beach on October 10. Debris is scattered in Mexico Beach early on October 11. Today tropical storm Michael is moving out over the Atlantic Ocean and has transitioned into a powerful extratropical storm. Three brief tornadoes touched down in the outer bands of Hurricane Michael on the evening of October 10th. It continued its trek, weakening to Category 3 by the 21st and then a Category 1 later that day. Power outages lasted up to a week or even a bit longer for some areas. Past Weather Events Rivers/Lakes Michael then moved rapidly inland, causing widespread wind damage along its path. Less than a week after the storm hit on Oct. 10, access remains difficult, stores are closed, and supplies are limited. On the 19th, all mayors of South Carolina had ordered everyone to evacuate their respective cities and had moved out.

Wind gusts exceeded 50 mph before the instrument ceased reporting. At approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT on October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida. Dough Shelby looks out at the destruction from his house in Mexico Beach on October 12.

RADARSAT-2 has been designed with significant and... NASA's Earth Observatory featured an article showing night lights before and after Hurricane Michael's destruction. A detached workshop at one of the homes was completely destroyed. (©2018 Genesis Photo Agency/photo by Michael Spooneybarger), Church members in Panama City, Florida, pray with Jordan Bodiford and Brian Stocks, who delivered World Vision relief goods to Catalyst Church on Sunday, Oct. 14, to help families affected by Hurricane Michael. The storm’s heavy rain, high winds, and extreme storm surges caused massive destruction in its path and spawned numerous tornadoes. SKYWARN, Additional Info Some casualties resulted not only from Michael's destructive winds and storm surges but also from the blinding rain that Michael produced as it battered states from Florida northeastward through Virginia.

Warner Robins (©2018 Genesis Photo Agency/photo by Andrew Wardlow). Storm surge and damaging winds will continue as Michael moves inland. This graph shows wind direction and wind speed/gusts in miles per hour in Eastman, GA. (Courtesy MesoWest, University of Utah). Mexico Beach residents make their way across a washed-out road on Friday, October 12.