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Before and after photos show Hurricane Michael's destructive power

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Before and after photos show Hurricane Michael's devastation along the Florida panhandle.
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Entire buildings were swept off their foundations by Hurricane Michael’s destructive storm surge in Mexico Beach. Sand from the beach has covered the roadways, indicating that surge and waves easily overtopped the dunes and seawalls.

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