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Hurricane Michael batters Florida with 145mph winds
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A person risks the winds to take a picture of the surf and fishing pier on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, today

CATASTROPHIC 145mph winds began to lash Florida today as Hurricane Michael made landfall, affecting the more than 375,000 people living along the Gulf Coast.

The US National Weather Service issued a dire warning as the most powerful storm on record ever to reach north-west Florida approached the shore.

“This storm will bring [a] deadly surge to the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend Coast and is not comparable to anything we have seen before,” it said.

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