Hermine once devastated Cedar Key. Hurricane Michael spared it.
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STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST... Virgil Sandlin, the chief of police with the Cedar Key Police Department, said rainfall was definitely more of an issue than wind.
After Michael left its mark, residents who weathered the storm watched a picturesque sunset. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles 55 km from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles 280 km.
Hermine once devastated Cedar Key. Hurricane Michael spared it. - The grocer purchases thousands of shellfish each week, Davis said. Florida Peninsula, Florida Keys, North Carolina, portions of the Mid-Atlantic States, and the southern New England coast...
Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, on Wednesday at about 1:40 p. EDT and is expected to bring catastrophic damage. Even before the storm made landfall, its extreme conditions damaged homes, ripped roofs off buildings, downed trees and caused immense flooding. Michael was first named as a tropical storm on Saturday and rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. By Tuesday evening, the storm grew in strength to a Category 3 hurricane and reached Category 4 levels with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour on Wednesday morning. WDRB chief meteorologist Marc Weinberg posted a video on of a home, which he explained was new construction, collapsing onto itself because of the wind. The National Hurricane Center forecasted storm surges to reach 14 feet in some areas and in the video Weinberg posted, water was already crashing into beachfront homes. The storm surge and waves from Hurricane Michael batter beachfront homes in the Florida Panhandle community of Shell Point Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Cedar Key Megan Plain, a sports reporter for WGFL, posted a video of waves easily crashing over the sea wall and said that streets in Cedar Key, Florida, were already starting to flood. Indian Pass A from the National Weather Service NWS showed floodwaters racing through the street, and downed palm trees in Indian Pass, Florida. Eastpoint Hours before Michael hit, Market President of Centennial Bank Donnie Gay posted a photo on of a downed tree spanning a highway in Eastpoint, Florida. Parker In Parker, Florida, which is supposed to get hit particularly hard, storm chaser Jeff Piotrowski posted a of a Texaco gas station canopy that collapsed around noon on Wednesday. Scott explained the storm would be deadly and local governments issued evacuation orders. Once you are sheltered, STAY PUT. The storm is forecasted to move into the Atlantic Ocean and away from the United States on Friday.
It is now home to people like McJordan who insist the 2016 hurricane taught them lessons. Florida Panhandle and Big Bend across Georgia into South Carolina… 4 to 8 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches. No roads were washed out this time, but flooding in downtown Cedar Key and in certain other areas did require the closing roads. But overall, Cedar Key was very lucky. FOX 35 WOFL - Central Florida was thankfully spared frombut for many areas, flooding is still a major concern. Most noticeable of all, though, was the lack of destruction. Until then, the local islanders can only wait and hope they are better prepared. Please consult products from your local weather office. Some restaurants, businesses, and roadways in Cedar Key did experience some flooding. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.
