The water may be the draw for this Gulf Coast town, but on land you’ll find history museums, art galleries, bird sanctuaries, ...

Jill Holtz listens intently as Michael Davidson, a local business owner, tells her and David Wiley, a storm recovery volunteer, about Hurricane Helene's damage in Swannanoa, N.C.

LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. An ...

LYONS, Ga. (AP) — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South.

Nearby, Bruce Myers bent over a tree. “I can’t believe I’m still here,” he said. After the first tornado swept through, he recalled, an hour or so later, a second tornado came.

Hurricane Michael made landfall on Oct. 10, 2018, in Mexico Beach. Before Hurricane Michael, the Florida Panhandle had never experienced a Category 5 hurricane, according to storm records.

The city before Hurricane Michael was "a quiet, little fishing town" with many homes that were owned by families for generations. It had about 1,100 full-time residents, which dropped to less than ...

PANAMA CITY — After overcoming Category 5 Hurricane Michael almost four years ago, local officials believe Bay County now is better prepared to withstand future natural disasters. However, there ...

Then along came Hurricane Michael in October 2018 and 80% of the city's tree canopy was lost to the Category 5 storm. The Tree City designation was put on hiatus in 2019.

Panama City has conducted its initial tree inventory study to help restore its tree canopy by 2025. The trees were lost during Hurricane Michael.