Michael is nearing a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches landfall along the Florida Panhandle, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
“The dangerous hurricane is expected to move northward to north-northeastward and make landfall along the coast of the central panhandle of Florida by late Wednesday afternoon,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a 10 p.m. update on Oct. 9.