![Slide 1 of 83: Spencer Hardy salvages his father-in-law's guitars from the family's destroyed print shop in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, on Oct. 12, in Panama City, Florida.]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBOiq1Z.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f","size3column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBOiq1Z.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f","size2column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBOiq1Z.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"} "Hurricane Michael - Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images")
Michael made landfall on Wednesday in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane with winds at 155 miles per hour. Moving relatively quickly up the east coast, Michael, then downgraded to a tropical storm, hit Virginia on Thursday evening with winds of about 50 miles per hour.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency ahead of Michael’s arrival and urged residents to get prepared for flash floods, winds, tornadoes and power outages.
“I am declaring a state of emergency in order to provide state assets to Virginians and to assist our neighbors in states who are dealing with the devastating effects of this historic storm,” Northam said.
Northam’s warning came to fruition on Thursday as parts of Virginia experienced flooding so severe it closed roads, trapped people in their homes and cars and prompted an inundation of emergency calls.
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