With the 10PM Michael continues to strengthen with winds now up to 125 mph winds and gusts as high as 155 mph.
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Over the last several hours Michael has become better organized with a tight eye forming around the main core of storms.
With the latest track Michael is expected to make landfall as a powerful category 4 hurricane with winds near 130 mph Wednesday afternoon near Panama City Beach, Florida.
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This is going to be an extremely dangerous and life-threatening hurricane with multiple threats included powerful winds, high storm surge, heavy rainfall and tornadoes.
For a complete break down of all these impacts in more depth read my earlier article here.