The Latest: Major Hurricane Michael nearing Cat 4 strength
Major Hurricane Michael is still gaining strength and forecast to become a potentially devastating Category 4 storm before making landfall along
While Michael is now a strong Category 3 major hurricane, forecasters say, it's still strengthening and is expected to become a Category 4 hurricane before it makes landfall Wednesday.
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State emergency officials said Tuesday that the number includes people who have been subject to both voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders. Twenty-two counties stretching across the
There are fears, however, that some people aren't heeding the evacuation orders despite predictions of massive storm surge along the
Smith says, "We have done everything we can as far as getting the word out. Hopefully more people will leave."
Forecasters say major Hurricane Michael is better organized and expected to strengthen further and be near a highly dangerous Category 4 strength as it approaches a projected Wednesday landfall in north
Michael is currently a powerful Category 3 hurricane packing top winds of 120 mph (195 kph). At
Though the storm is expected to weaken once it heads inland over the
Authorities in
Also ordered to leave the county Tuesday: anyone staying in an RV, mobile home or manufactured home throughout the county.
Based on the responses of officials in even
Michael strengthened Tuesday into a potentially devastating major hurricane as it continued its crossing of the eastern
Some boaters seeking to get away from Hurricane Michael are sailing west to
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The deployment was announced Tuesday following a request from
The expenses for all the deployments will be reimbursed to the
A search and rescue team from
The task force will be responsible for wide-area and swift water search and rescue efforts.
At least 120,000 people along the Florida
Forecasters say Michael has strengthened into a major hurricane with winds of 120 mph (190 kph).
Michael is expected to continue across the
The hurricane center says some areas could see as much as 13 feet (4 meters) of storm surge and 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain.
As more of
Scott said Tuesday that as many as 50 families on
"You cannot hide from storm surge," Scott said. "This storm is deadly. Do not take a chance."
Michael is expected to blow ashore around midday Wednesday near
Shelters in one coastal Florida county aren't being opened because they are considered reliable only up to a Category 2 hurricane.
Several people were taken by van Tuesday from a coastal
She was glad to have a safe place to ride out the storm but wasn't happy that her home county couldn't provide shelter.
Forecasters at the
Storm surge unit chief
Rhome said data a tide station in
Rhome said the rising waters will flood low-lying areas, including some roads that may be being used for evacuations.
A search and rescue team from
The department says a team of 80 firefighters, doctors, engineers and dog handlers departed Tuesday.
The task force will be responsible for wide-area and swift water search and rescue efforts.
At least 120,000 people along the Florida
Forecasters expect Hurricane Michael to grow stronger still as it crosses the
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Officials in
The hurricane is expected to make landfall Wednesday in
Several schools across the South have closed or plan to close in advance of Hurricane Michael.
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Local news media report that several universities as well as public and private schools in southern and central
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The agency says erosion could be even worse in about a fourth of the
The agency's research oceanographer
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Most gas stations in downtown
Desai is also out of water and down to about two dozen bags of ice, and yet there's still people coming in for last-minute supplies.
That includes 64-year-old
Shannon remembers how previous hurricanes knocked out power in
He says he expects a lot of trees down and other problems if the hurricane stays on track to hit
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Gov.
Michael is expected to race across the Carolinas late Wednesday and early Thursday, dumping 2 to 5 inches or more of rainfall. Since the ground remains saturated in places, that could mean flash flooding, and trees in wet ground can topple more easily in high winds.
He said that forecasters aren't expecting the same kind of major river flooding caused by
Secretary of State
The lawsuit says that decision is "insufficient" and "confusing."
Many government offices across the
Data from hurricane hunter aircraft flying through Hurricane Michael show the storm is still strengthening over the
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Michael was moving north at 12 mph (19 kph). The hurricane is expected to make landfall in
The storm's effects will be felt far from the eye of the hurricane. Forecasters said Michael's storm winds stretched 370 miles (595 kilometers) across, with hurricane-strength winds extending up to 35 miles (55 kilometers) from the center.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Nadine has formed over the open
The storm is about 480 miles (770 kilometers) off the Cabo Verde Islands and is posing no threat to land.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Leslie is meandering over the central
The death toll from Hurricane Florence has increased to a total of 51 as another hurricane now bears down on the southeastern
That raises
The Carolinas are bracing for more wind and rain on Wednesday from Hurricane Michael, which is churning toward
Emergency officials across the Carolinas are warning residents to monitor Hurricane Michael, which is expected to move through the region after coming ashore along
A tropical storm watch is in effect for the southern two-thirds of the
Forecasters say
The
The storm has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane with top wind speeds of 100 mph (155 kph) and is expected to grow stronger before hitting the
Scott activated 2,000 members of the
The governor said he is very concerned about a potentially "historic" storm surge when Michael makes landfall somewhere in the
The threat has already prompted mandatory evacuation orders in counties across northwest
Hurricane Michael has strengthened into a Category 2 storm with top wind speeds of 100 mph (155 kph) as it continues its path toward the Florida
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Mandatory evacuations are in effect along much of
Michael is forecast to hit the
Mandatory evacuations are under way in
The evacuation orders went into effect Tuesday morning for some 120,000 people near the beach and other areas of
Ford says "people need to start leaving now," adding that the roads are going to get "more and more congested as time goes on."
Commissioner
Hurricane Michael continues to gain strength as it moves through the southern
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The Category 1 storm was centered about 390 miles (627 kilometers) south of
Forecasters say the center of Michael will continue to move over the southern
The center is then expected to move inland over the Florida
Michael has gained new strength over warm tropical waters and is forecast to quickly intensify into a major hurricane before a midweek landfall on
In the Florida
A hurricane hunter plane that bounced into the swirling eye of Michael off the western tip of
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