Hurricane Michael erases beach town like 'mother of all bombs'
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Aerial footage shows the destruction in Mexico Beach, Florida Hurricane Michael has all but rubbed a Florida beach town off the map after landing like the "mother of all bombs". The storm smashed into the state's north-west coast near the community of Mexico Beach on Wednesday afternoon packing 155mph (250km/h) winds. Over 1.4m homes had no power in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas on Friday morning. One of the most powerful hurricanes in US history, Michael has now killed at least 11 people. Rescuers are still searching for survivors. The storm, which fell just 2mph short of a top-level category five, ripped apart entire neighbourhoods, reducing properties to kindling and rubble. Michael's shrieking winds and surging seas knocked row after row of Mexico Beach beachfront homes from their foundations. Lives in pieces By Gary O'Donoghue, BBC News,...