12 Oct 2018

Hurricane Michael hits: Huge rescue, clean-up in Florida

From Morning Report, 7:14 am on 12 October 2018

A massive rescue and clean-up mission is underway in Florida after Hurricane Michael brought devastation to cities along the US' West Coast. Winds of nearly 250km/h and a 2.5-metre storm surge made landfall in the Florida panhandle on Thursday morning. The storm has killed a girl in Florida and a man in Georgia. It had caught many people by surprise - because of how quickly it strengthened over unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Ryan Carter from Radio WFLA in Tallahassee speaks to Susie Ferguson about the devastation.