Facts That Put Michael's Power into Perspective - CNN
a. Hurricane Michael will be the strongest hurricane to strike the Florida Panhandle on record (more than 150 years of record keeping)
b. The forecasted landfall of 150 mph would be the strongest storm to make landfall anywhere in the Continental US since Hurricane Charley in 2004 hit SW Florida (stronger than Katrina, Irma, Harvey, etc)
c. There are more than 30 million people across 6 states under a Hurricane or Tropical Storm Warning/Watch (FL, GA, AL, MS, SC, NC)
d. The tropical-storm-force wind speeds stretch for more than 320 miles, which is equivalent to the distance from New York City to Pittsburgh.
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