Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. mainland. Its winds shrieking, Michael crashed ashore in the early afternoon near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along the Panhandle, a lightly populated, 200-mile stretch of white-sand beach resorts, fishing towns and military bases. The director…

Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 155 mph, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. mainland.Michael blew ashore near Mexico Beach, a tourist town about midway along the Panhandle, a lightly populated, 200-mile stretch of white-sand beach resorts, fishing towns and military bases. Watch video from the storm below:‘My heart is racing’: ABC…

RALEIGH, N .C. (WTVD) — State Fair officials announced Wednesday afternoon that for the first time, the opening of the State Fair will be postponed. The fair will not open Thursday as originally planned because of concerns about Hurricane Michael, which is expected to bring heavy rain and strong wind. The Fair will instead open Friday at 10 a.m. “We did not come to this decision lightly. In fact, to our knowledge, we’ve never delayed…

For the first time in recent memory, and maybe the first time ever, the N.C. State Fair will delay opening day because of bad weather. The fair was set to open at 3 p.m. Thursday, but as Hurricane Michael came ashore in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm, state and local officials, working with vendors and ride operators, decided to delay the fair’s opening until Friday at 10 a.m. Fair manager Kent Yelverton…

Hurricane Michael is expected to reach the Carolinas as early as Wednesday evening or Thursday morning and is expected to dump heavy rain across the area. That means flooding could be possible. Through our CuriousNC project, several News & Observer readers asked us during Hurricane Florence if their particular home is in a flood-prone area as well as which roads in the Triangle typically flood. That information also shows what areas could flood if Hurricane…

NC Governor: ‘Make no mistake, Hurricane Michael is a dreadful storm’ Oct 10, 2018 NC Governor Roy Cooper tells reporters that “NC is staring down another powerful hurricane” in advance Hurricane Michael. Cooper declared a state of emergency in North Carolina. By

ABC News’ Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee was in the middle of it all when Hurricane Michael made landfall, saying it’s something she has never seen before. “My heart is racing. I have never, George, seen something like an entire home, a well-built home, rolling down the street,” Zee said to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. Zee later tweeted that they later lost the ability to broadcast but that she and her crew were safe. Watch live…