hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. hurricane michaeltrongest storm to hit the us mainland since 1969. and it caught everyone by surprise. far worse than authorities had expected. with winds of over 155 mph, there has been catastrophic damage in parts of the panhandle. panama city took the brunt, where rooves were ripped from houses, pilons and trees were uprooted. so far, two deaths have been reported, but we don't yet know the fate of those who stayed behind in those areas, where the storm surge was over 8ft. hurricane michael is now tropical storm michael, it is currently over the carolinas, which of course were badly hit by hurricane florence. in florida, more than 700,000 people are without power. the rescue crews are trying to get into the worst hit areas. president trump spoke about it a few moments ago. the big problem with this hurricane was the tremendous power, unfortunately it was very fast. it was my tremendous destruction. webb these residents explained why they we re these residents explained why they were lucky to survive