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Michael causes devastation, destruction in Panama City

Michael causes devastation, destruction in Panama City
WEBVTT YOU WERE IN IT YESTERDAY AS THE WINDS WERE POUNDING IN THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN. WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE WAS LEFT BEHIND? KYL: INCREDIBLE DAMAGE WOULD BE THE POLITE WAY TO PUT IT. IT IS VERY DARK, THE POWER IS OUT. YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE IMAGES YESTERDAY. WE TRY TO LIKE THIS UP AS BEST AS WE CAN. THIS IS A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE DAMAGE AROUND HERE, SO HUMONGOUS TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN. CABLES AND STREETLIGHTS. AFTER WE DID GET AFTER THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE AFTERMATH. >█> THE MINUTE I LEFT MYROOM EXCEPT FOR THE BUILDING SHAKING, YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT. COMING OUT AFTER IT’S LIKE OH MY LORD. KYLE: BEHIND ME IS EAST 23RD STREET IN PANAMA CITY ALSO KNOWN AS FLORIDA STATE ROAD 368 AND WE’VE SEEN SOME POLICE GOING BACK AND FORTH. THERE IS A MANDATORY CURFEW IN EFFECT AND A MANDATORY BOIL WATER NOTICE AND STILL WAITING FOR THE SUN TO COME UP HERE FOR IT I CAN SEE STARS ABOVE US. THE WEATHER IS TRANQUIL AND COMFORTABLE. BUT THE SUN IS GOING TO RISE HERE AND WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION NEAR PANAMA CITY THIS MORNING. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
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Michael causes devastation, destruction in Panama City
Hurricane Michael caused devastation and damage in Florida's panhandle. Meteorologist Kyle Gravlin was in one of the area's hardest hit by the storm, Panama City.

Hurricane Michael caused devastation and damage in Florida's panhandle.

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Meteorologist Kyle Gravlin was in one of the area's hardest hit by the storm, Panama City.