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According to media reports, the most powerful hurricane ever to hit north-west Florida flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees. Hurricane Michael made landfall as a category three storm with 125mph (200km/h) wind speed in the state's Panhandle region. It quickly intensified into Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph when it crashed ashore near Mexico Beach. It was worse than the Katrina that hit continental US in 2005.
“Despite a remarkably quiet August, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season has now officially met the NOAA definition of an above-average season with 14 named storms, 7 hurricanes, 2 major hurricanes and Accumulated Cyclone Energy of 112 to date,” said Philip Klotzbach, a hurricane expert at Colorado State University.
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