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Overnight, Hurricane Michael became a powerful, dangerous, and scary storm.
Hurricane Michael is now a Category 4 storm, and it made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, on the Panhandle.
“Hurricane Michael is a catastrophic and unprecedented event,” the Tallahassee office of the National Weather Service warns. No Category 4 storm on record has ever hit the Florida Panhandle, which includes Tallahassee, Florida’s capital city, with a population of 382,000.
We will continue to update the stories below as we learn more.
Scientists are looking into ways to weaken hurricanes to limit their destruction.
The military says climate change is a "threat multiplier." It’s still struggling to prepare for those threats.
The general sat down with reporters to talk about the National Guard’s Hurricane Michael response. He told us a lot more.
FEMA expects the death toll to rise as rescue teams dig into the debris.
The storm hit as a very powerful Category 4 with 155 mph winds.
Good news: Hurricane track forecasts get better every year. Bad news: Intensity forecasts are much harder.
Michael got bad, fast. And it just made landfall with 155 mph winds.
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