UPDATE2: Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 3, on collision course with Florida Gulf Coast [View all]

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Source: Washington Post

ALERT: The hurricane’s peak winds reached 120 mph as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, which is Category 3 or a major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Florida’s northern Gulf Coast faces its most serious hurricane threat in more than a decade as Michael edges ever closer. The intensifying storm is likely to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, and conditions will begin to deteriorate Tuesday night.

Florida’s Panhandle, from Pensacola to Apalachicola, and its Big Bend area are the zones of greatest concern. Michael is poised to push ashore a “life-threatening” surge of ocean water that will inundate more than 325 miles of coastline. The storm also will unleash destructive winds and flooding rain starting late Tuesday night and continuing through Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/09/hurricane-michael-churns-toward-floridas-gulf-coast-while-quickly-gaining-strength/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b2da663161f

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Update 1 story -

Florida's northern Gulf Coast faces its most serious hurricane threat in more than a decade as Michael edges ever closer. The intensifying storm is likely to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, and conditions will begin to deteriorate Tuesday night.

The hurricane peak winds reached 110 mph as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, just 1 mph shy of Category 3, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Florida's Panhandle, from Pensacola to Apalachicola, and its Big Bend area are the zones of greatest concern. Michael is poised to push ashore a "life-threatening" surge of ocean water that will inundate those coastal areas. The storm also will unleash flooding rain and destructive winds starting Tuesday night and continuing through Wednesday.

"There are warnings for more than 300 miles of coastline," the National Weather Service tweeted, predicting that Michael will become a "large and dangerous hurricane."

Original story -

BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 2, on collision course with Florida Gulf Coast

The storm's winds have increased to near 100 mph as of 8 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. Michael is forecast to strengthen to a Category 3 prior to landfall Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Florida's northern Gulf Coast faces its most serious hurricane threat in more than a decade as Michael edges ever closer. The intensifying storm is likely to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, and conditions will begin to deteriorate Tuesday night.

Florida's Panhandle, from Pensacola to Apalachicola, and its Big Bend area are the zones of greatest concern. Michael is poised to push ashore a "life-threatening" surge of ocean water that will inundate those coastal areas. The storm also will unleash flooding rain and destructive winds starting Tuesday night and continuing through Wednesday.