According to Reuters, Hurricane Michael is flooding towns along the Florida coast.br The category 4 hurricane reached the Florida Panhandle in the afternoon on Oct. 10th.br After growing two categories over the last 24 hours, the storm came ashore along the northwestern Panhandle coast, between St. Vincent Island and Panama City.br The US National Hurricane Center estimated that the storm now has maximum sustained winds of 155 miles-per-hour, with 14 foot storm surges.