>> reporter: tonight, grim news from florida. the death toll there has doubled to 16, raising the overall toll from hurricane michael to 26. bay county officials say they've completed 99% of their initial search and at least two deaths were in the tiny town of mexico beach. mexico beach took a direct hit but tonight, we're hearing from the homeowner who built this impervious house and calls it the sand palace. >> so, we're on all these regulations, and then we toughened them up on our own. >> reporter: russell king and his nephew finished this home last year to withstand 250-mile-an-hour winds with solid rebar, reinforced concrete and smaller windows. as the storm bore down, king watched wind and debris fly by his home from this security camera. >> it's awful. i can't imagine anything worse. all these -- it's such a wonderful community. and these people losing their homes, and, you know, we thought we might go down. >> reporter: the family is confident this town they call
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