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There are new questions about the Washington Post contributor who disappeared in the saudi consulate. All that and more ahead. But first, Hurricane Michael, which made landfall this afternoon near mexico beach, florida 20 miles southeast of panama city, category 4 hurricane, with winds that reached 155 Miles Per Hour. Two Miles Per Hour short of a category 5. Those winds, the fourth most powerful ever for a storm hitting the continental u. S. , the hurricane the strongest to cross the Florida Panhandle in recorded history, the fastmoving storm carved a dangerous path of destruction, ripped roofs off homes, downed trees and has left 388,000 people without power. There is one confirmed death thus far. More than 300,000 people were under evacuation orders. And at least 6,000 made it to area shelters, according to the red cross. The National Hurricane center warned of lifethreatening storm surges throughout the day, and vast swaths of the florida coast are still threatened with storm surge

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