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Americares Responds to Hurricane Michael in Florida
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Americares is deploying an emergency team to Florida to respond to Hurricane Michael, which made landfall today as the strongest storm on record to hit the Florida Panhandle. The National Weather Service is forecasting the Category 4 storm will bring torrential rains, maximum sustained winds of up to 145 mph and life-threatening storm surge to the northeastern Gulf Coast. — an announcement from Americares
The governors of Florida, Alabama and Georgia have declared states of emergency and a federal disaster declaration was issued for 35 Florida counties. Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents were urged to evacuate as the monstrous storm closed in on the coast. An estimated 3.7 million people are under hurricane warnings in the Panhandle and Big Bend regions, as well as parts of Alabama and Georgia.