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Hurricane Michael smashed into Florida’s panhandle a half-decade ago. The small town of Mexico Beach bore the brunt of the devastation and is still recovering.
One case in point: Mexico Beach, a town on the Florida Panhandle almost totally destroyed by a hurricane three years ago, is coming back. It was in October 2018 when Hurricane Michael made...
The two were among Mexico Beach residents who did not evacuate for Category 5 Hurricane Michael, which directly hit the coastal Bay County community in October 2018, crippling the area's...
As it approached the Florida Panhandle, Michael reached Category 5 status with peak winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) [1] just before making landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 10, becoming the first to do so in the region as a Category 5 hurricane, and as the strongest storm of the season.
Michael was a Category 5 hurricane as it made landfall. According to a post-storm report by federal officials, Mexico Beach saw winds higher than 160 mph, a storm surge of 14 feet, and nearly a...
Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle. Michael's highest storm surge was from Mexico Beach to Apalachee Bay. Michael produced damaging...
It was in October 2018 when Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach with 160 mile per hour winds and a 17-and-a-half-foot storm surge. It was a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States.
Five years after Hurricane Michael while some new construction is underway in Mexico Beach, many foundations where houses were washed away by the storm remain empty and are now overgrown.
Bay County commissioners said part of the beach is disappearing due to storms, like Hurricane Michael. Part of the project will be adding more sand to the beach.
PANAMA CITY — For Sandy Walker, nothing could have prepared him for the destruction of Hurricane Michael. As chief of the Mexico Beach Fire Department, Walker said his city was among those...