two miles an hour under a category 5. the strongest winds felt since andrew in 1992. this quickly escalated to hurricane. the fact that it is still fast-moving some say it is a silver lining. but did that also catch people by surprise? were people able to get prepared for this hurricane? what did you see on the ground there in terms of preparations and now the aftermath. i think you make a terrific point. it was a tropical storm on saturday and almost a category 5 yesterday. it caught a lot of people off guard. didn t have the runup to these storms like we normally see. most of the people here in panama city beach did evacuate
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made landfall as a category 4 storm. could have been a category 5 storm. that s going to be determined in the next couple of days. the official landfall wind speed was 155 and 157 makes it a category 5. yes, that was the first category 4 landfall on record for the florida panhandle and the strongest u.s. landfall storm since andrew in 1992. so many names you remember, andrew, katrina. this is going to be one name to remember as well. we re looking at heavy rain now in parts of south carolina. augusta is kind of on the southern edge of that. we could see some localized flooding. we also have this pink line that is a tornado watch until 7:00 a.m. rainfall forecast through friday, we are looking at
let s turn now to kristin dahlgren joining us from hilton head, south carolina. krist kristin, the storm is making its way to where you are in south carolina. looks like the winds are picking up. reporter: i mean, it s nothing like what kerry saw yesterday, but michael really still going to be a dangerous, dangerous storm as we go through today. we ve got these tropical storm force winds gusting higher than that. that s going to cause some tree limbs to go down, potentially some trees to go down. that could knock out more power lines and cause more power outages right now. hundreds of thousands of people still without power. crews are trying to get in to do those fixes, but they need to wait until the dwienwinds die do
georgia and into south carolina after coming through florida as an unprecedented and catastrophic category 4 hurricane. governor rick scott has deployed search and rescue teams to some of the hardest hit areas. panama city saw some of the most extensive damage. at the height of the storm, more than 380,000 homes and businesses were without power. let s get a quick checkup on the storm s path with michelle grossman. once the sun rises and people get out there the latest advisory still a tropical storm with winds at 50 miles an ho g moving quickly up the coast. still could see some localized flooding and drenching rains,