Hurricane Michael storms Florida and leaves death and destruction

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The impact of the devastation was evident on Thursday in the coastal towns of Florida, where Hurricane Michael, who came close to the strongest record, killed six people and uprooted houses.

Hurricane Michael landed on land Wednesday near the coastal town of Mexico Beach in the northwestern Florida coast. His arrival was the third-strongest hurricane to hit the US mainland, carrying 250 kph winds and causing a surge in waves to flood the sea.

It was very scary, "Tom Garcia, a 60-year-old retiree, told Reuters. Garcia was trapped inside his home in Mexico City, while water flowed into his waistline.
Michael, the third strongest hurricane ever to hit the US mainland, reached land with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane, then gradually weakened into the night to turn into a tropical storm that brought heavy rains and strong winds to the states of Georgia, South and North Carolina.

South and North Carolina are still recovering from Hurricane Florence, which hit the area less than a month ago.

In Panama City, 32 km northwest of Mexico City, buildings were destroyed as boats scattered across the region. Behind Michael Aslaka hung power lines and uprooted a number of pine trees and dropped a church tower.

About 950,000 homes, shops and businesses were cut off in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina on Thursday.
President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in the whole of Florida.

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