Hurricane Michael: See New Photos Of Monster Storm's Devastation
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Hurricane Michael, an aggressive Category 3 storm, is moving into Georgia after its eye wall hit the Florida Panhandle around 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time Wednesday. Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael is the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in nearly 50 years.
Terrifying sustained winds of 155 mph winds and torrential rains battered the Florida Panhandle, submerging entire neighborhoods, knocking power out to more than 293,000 Florida utility customers by early Wednesday evening and forcing hundreds more from their homes to escape rising floodwaters.
The National Weather Service warned the storm is likely to spawn tornados across the Panhandle, southeast Georgia and South Carolina by early Wednesday evening.
Some 30 million people in the Florida Panhandle, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas are under hurricane or tropical storm warnings or watches as the monster storm churns inland.
Below is a roundup of all the latest Hurricane Michael photos and charts, as locals and officials alike brace for the worst to come.
Hurricane Michael in Photos
This photo made available by NASA shows they eye of Hurricane Michael, as seen from the International Space Station on Oct. 10, 2018. (NASA via AP)
Hotel employees look at a canopy that just collapsed as the eye of Hurricane Michael passes through in Panama City Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A woman checks on her vehicle after the hotel canopy had just collapsed in Panama City Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Meanwhile, a storm chaser climbs into his vehicle to retrieve equipment after the collapsing canopy at the hotel in Panama City Beach damaged his ride. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The photos above show the high tide from offshore Hurricane Michael as it creeped up from an overflowing Anclote River and into the Sponge Docks of Tarpon Springs, Florida, on Wednesday. (Jim Damaske/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
The St. Marks River overflowed earlier as well, making its way into the Florida city of St. Marks, as depicted in the two photo above. The National Hurricane Center says says Michael will be the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
Tom Moenich rides along the waterfront at Keaton Beach, Florida, checking out of state friend’s homes on Oct. 10 in Keaton Beach, Florida, as the storm continues to churn in the Gulf of Mexico before eventually heading for the Florida panhandle. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Cornell Silveira, of Keaton Beach, Florida, leaves with some of his belongings as he evacuates his home ahead of Hurricane Michael. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Jayden Morgan, 11, carries his dog through a flooded street in St. Marks, Florida, as his family evacuates at the last minute. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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An electric transformer explodes in the distance as heavy rains and wind from Hurricane Michael blanket the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Above, Emily Hindle lies on the floor at an evacuation shelter set up at Rutherford High School in Panama Beach City, Florida, in advance of the storm. Below, Mokeyonia Bell takes her child, Jerah’monie Anthony Bell, 2 months, from godmother Ashley Fillingim. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Earnest Sweet sits with his daughters Terri, 4, center, and Anna, 7, as they sleep, at a shelter in Panama Beach City, Florida. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Krystal Day, of Homosassa, Florida, leads a sandbag assembly line at the Old Port Cove restaurant Tuesdayin Ozello. Employees were hoping to protect the restaurant as Hurricane Michael churned in the Gulf of Mexico heading for the Florida Panhandle. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
President Donald Trump points toward maps while discussing potential damage from Hurricane Michael with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and FEMA Administrator Brock Long, pictured below, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum speaks during a briefing on Hurricane Michael in Tallahassee. In the days before Hurricane Michael made landfall, Gillum blanketed the national airwaves, sounding much like the man he wants to replace, Gov. Rick Scott, who constantly urged residents to seek shelter and take the massive storm seriously. (AP Photo/Gary Fineout)
Hurricane Michael in Numbers
This graphic ranks the strongest continental U.S. hurricanes by wind speed and central pressure; 2c x 5 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 139 mm, showing Michael as a clear contender for the top spot. (Credit: NOAA via AP)
Predicted precipitation for the next five days caused by Hurricane Michael, 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm, can be seen in this graphic above which was created on Oct. 10. (Credit: NOAA via AP)
Lead image credit: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert