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Brought it up that georgia needs to start paying attention to this because it could still be a category 2 when it crosses over that florida georgia line as it is moving so fast. this is important for more than one state to be paying attention to. thanks so much. let's get to the east of where we expect the eye to make landfall. gary tuchman is in shell buoypo beach, florida. how has it been changing? >> reporter: the last hour and a half we have had a driving rain. i'm here east of panama city and south of tal. roads are flooded. we are actually about a half a mile from the beach. we were abou...

Stronger. it did. and now it is a category 4, the most powerful storm ever to hit the florida panhandle and now people have to live with the consequences of these decisions. did they get the warnings they need? were public officials sounding the alarms early enough? those are questions people will ask over the next coming hours and coming days as hurricane michael makes landfall. our special live coverage continues right after this. - i get headaches.

Stronger. let's get to jennifer gray with the latest. >> the storm has strengthened now 150 miles per hour winds. that is not even the gusts. those are sustained winds with gusts of 175. to reach a category 5 it has to have winds of 157. we are still a category 4. we are a strong major hurricane. this could strengthen just a little bit more before making landfall. with this storm about 50 miles from the coast we will not see that much more strengthening before it does so. hurricane force winds extend 45 miles from the center. already experiencing hurricane force winds near there, 78 miles per ...

Crucial. no one has seen a storm like this hit the panhandle before because no storm like this has hit the panhandle before. it is now a category 4 storm. we just got word that sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. it's a category 4 storm that seems to be trying to reach category 5 before it makes landfall. the damage here could be devastating. hurricane michael, the eye wall still a couple hours away from making direct impact on the coast. the wind beginning to pick up here. our special live coverage of hurricane michael continues right after this. sometimes a cough gets in the way of a good...

Michael. >> diane, stay with us, we'll get back to you within the hour. but as we note, michael is making landfall, but is continuing to strengthen. michael making landfall across the florida gulf coast. we'll be back in just a moment. ] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too!