Hurricane Michael’s death toll rises to 11
Rescuers searched for survivors on Friday after one of the most powerful hurricanes in US history slammed into the Florida Panhandle before moving across Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia, killing at least 11 people.
The Guardian reports, Hurricane Michael struck Florida’s north-west coast near the small town of Mexico Beach on Wednesday afternoon with top sustained winds of 155mph (250kph), pushing a wall of seawater inland and causing widespread flooding.
By early Friday morning, the fast-moving storm was about 65 miles (105km) north-east of Norfolk, Virginia, with top sustained winds of 60mph (95kph), the US National Hurricane Center said. At least five people were killed in Virginia, state officials said on Friday.