Hurricane Michael Slams Florida, Charges into Southeast

A storm chaser climbs into his vehicle during the eye of Hurricane Michael to retrieve equipment after a hotel canopy collapsed in Panama City Beach, Florida, Oct. 10, 2018.

Dorian Carter looks under furniture for a missing cat after several trees fell on their home during Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

Megan Williams, left, and roommate Kaylee O'Brian take belongings from their destroyed home after several trees fell on the house during Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

Derailed box cars are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

Shredded trees, derailed train cars and a sunken trailer are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

Palm trees bend during Hurricane Michael in Panama City Beach, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

People photograph the surf from encroaching Hurricane Michael, which is expected to make landfall today, in Panama City Beach, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

Waves crash along a pier as Hurricane Michael approaches Panama City Beach, Florida, Oct. 10, 2018.

Storm damage after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018. Michael slammed into the Florida coast as the most powerful storm to hit the southern U.S. state in more than a century.

An electric transformer explodes in the distance as heavy rains and wind from Hurricane Michael blanket the Florida State University campus, Oct. 10, 2018, in Tallahassee, Fla.

Emily Hindle lies on the floor at an evacuation shelter set up at Rutherford High School, in advance of Hurricane Michael, which made landfall, in Panama City Beach, Fla., Oct. 10, 2018.

A message written on a closed business is pictured as Hurricane Michael approaches Panama City Beach, Florida, Oct. 10, 2018.