Watch as Florida man experiences eerie calm inside Hurricane Michael’s eye

When the steep-walled eye of Hurricane Michael passed over Stefan Melendez Wednesday afternoon, he stepped into the temporarily tranquil Florida environment and saw blue skies above.

Melendez captured the footage during a Facebook Live video, soon after Category 4 Hurricane Michael — packing 155 mph winds — became the third-strongest cyclone to make landfall in U.S. history. 

The storm is now the most powerful storm on record to strike the Florida Panhandle.

Violent winds thrashed communities like Panama City and Marianna Florida, while surges of ocean water — pushed into the shore by winds — submerged coastal homes in Mexico Beach, Florida. Read more…

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