Hurricane Michael Shreds Through Florida Towns, 7 Dead

Hurricane Michael Shreds Through Florida Towns, 7 Dead
An American flag flies among the rubble left in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2018. Jonathan Bachman/Reuters
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PORT ST. JOE, Fla.—Hurricane Michael’s violence was visible on Oct. 11 in shattered Florida coastal towns, where rows of homes were ripped from foundations and roofs were torn off schools by the near-record-force storm blamed for seven deaths.

Michael smashed into Florida’s northwest coast near the small town of Mexico Beach on Oct. 10 with screeching 155 mile per hour winds, pushing a wall of seawater inland.