Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
The most powerful hurricane ever to hit north-west Florida has flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees like twigs.
Hurricane Michael – a category three storm with 125mph (200km/h) winds – made landfall on Wednesday afternoon in the state’s Panhandle region.
One person was killed by a falling tree, Florida officials say.
Michael is so powerful that it remained a hurricane as it moved overland to bear down on Alabama and Georgia.
Its rapid intensification caught many by surprise.
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Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
Hurricane Michael: Record-breaking ‘hell’ storm mauls US
