Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 4 storm just hours before it is expected to hit the Florida Panhandle Oct. 10, making it one of the strongest weather events to hit the U.S. in 2018, ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -Seven years ago this Friday, October 10th, Bay County was preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Michael. The category five hurricane damaged several schools in its path ...

ABC News' Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee was in the middle of it all when Hurricane Michael made landfall, saying it's something she has never seen before. "My heart is racing. I have never, George, ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - October 10, 2025, marks 7 years after the infamous Category 5 Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Panhandle. This collection of videos looks back at the devastation ...

The Category 4 storm made landfall around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday with 155-mph winds. Michael slammed into the area just north of Mexico Beach, intensifying slightly just before the eye passed over land.

The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to 19 on Monday when a victim was found in Mexico Beach, Florida, according to Mexico Beach Police Chief Anthony Kelly. This is the second fatality in Mexico ...

Jackson County, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Hurricane Michael may have formed in the Gulf of Mexico, but few expected it to maintain such strength as it tore inland through the Florida Panhandle. Former ...

PANAMA CITY — An iconic local statue has to come down for safety reasons. The doomed artwork is the mermaid statue in the Oaks by the Bay Park in the Historic St Andrews neighborhood. It was carved ...

Upon touring the damage in several towns along Florida's Panhandle, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long called the destruction left by Hurricane Michael some of the worst he's ever ...

The Lake City sky turned an ominous purple Wednesday after Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle. First Coast News' Shelby Danielson captured this creepy footage of the purple sky. To ...