Approximately 1M without power after Hurricane Michael destroys power grids; flattened villages
Approximately 1M without power after Hurricane Michael destroys power grids; flattened villages
http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsNearly a million people remained in the dark Friday morning after Hurricane Michael left a trail of destruction that claimed at least six lives, razed entire villages and "destroyed" power grids.
The scenes were familiar in the communities of Florida and Georgia: the torn trees cracked like toothpicks, the buildings with detached roofs, the houses razed in an unrecognizable landscape.
As dawn broke in Albany, Georgia, residents rose to find trees that jutted from their homes and blocked 100 intersections, according to the local news station. WRAL-TV informed
Beach of mexico, fla.It looked as if a bomb had been fired as residents emerged to count their losses. Thirty miles along the coast in city of PanamaThe blocks of houses in front of the beach were destroyed and the rubble was scattered beside the overturned vehicles.
"We'll have to demolish and start over," said Linda Marquardt, of Mexico Beach, about her house full of mud.
"It seems that an atomic bomb had hit our city," said David Barnes, of Panama City, at News Herald of the City of Panama. "The damage has been widespread."
Former President Barack Obama, in a tweet, called on Americans to help rebuild. "The United States is always at our best when we take care of each other," he wrote.
There were at least 6 confirmed deaths, including a man from Florida Killed by a tree that crashed against its roof., a man from North Carolina also hit by a fallen tree, and a A girl from Georgia, 11 years old. who died when a garage hit the modular house of the family.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture's evaluations show incredible losses for the state's crops, animals and infrastructure.
Georgia's $ 23.3 billion poultry industry was seriously affected after 84 poultry houses, estimated to have more than 2 million chickens, were destroyed. Harmful winds wiped out much of the state's cotton crop or entangled it, making it difficult to extract clean lint during the ginning process.
Boston-based insurance company Karen Clark & Company estimates that Hurricane Michael caused about $ 8 billion in insured losses. The total damages caused by the storm surge are estimated at $ 3.7 billion, of which approximately ten percent will be insured.
Emergency management officials urge residents to stay off the streets until utility crews and other service providers finish removing dangerous obstacles.
As of Thursday night, more than 370,000 customers were without power in Florida Y 202,000 customers in Virginia They were in the dark. Nearly 500,000 customers ran out of power in the Carolinas when Michael swept, the Raleigh News & Observer informed
Meanwhile, Power of Georgia It was reported that he restored electricity to 234,000 customers at The Peach State on Thursday night.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio said restoring power was going to be "long and difficult," as the storm "destroyed" its power grid. He hoped that several days would pass before the crews could get to work to get the Floridians out of the darkness because of the immense cleanliness that must be accomplished.
Officials estimate that it could take days or even weeks to restore energy in some areas.
Rick Reichmuth, chief meteorologist at Fox News, said Michael was the fourth most powerful storm to touch land in the US. UU When measured by wind, it exceeded 155 mph, and the third most powerful in terms of pressure, with 919 mb.
Michael was the first storm of its magnitude to make landfall in the Panhandle, since the registry began there in 1851.
Travis Fedschun and The Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
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