Watch terrifying footage of Hurricane Michael's devastating winds and storm surge

Damage from Hurricane Michael.
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Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida on Wednesday afternoon, and the results already look catastrophic.

The Category 4 storm rolled in with winds at 155 miles per hour, taking direct aim at Panama City on the Florida panhandle. Winds only a few miles per hour faster would've made Michael a Category 5 storm, and they still tore down this home under construction ahead of the eyewall's arrival on shore, per 7 News Miami.

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Michael also brought at least eight feet of storm surge to Apalachicola, Florida, and the waters could grow up to 10 feet deep, CBS News reports. Beach towns across the Florida coast are being swamped in what FEMA Administrator Brock Long called the "most intense" storm to hit the area since 1851.

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As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Michael was still rolling inland and projected to bring tropical storm conditions as far north as North Carolina, per The National Weather Service. But it's clear the harshest damage will be centered on the Florida coast, as you can tell from this absolutely terrifying footage below. Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.