Updated at 2:00 a.m. ET Wednesday
Hurricane Michael has grown into a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds reaching 130 mph, as it barrels toward northwestern Florida, making it a much stronger storm than Hurricane Florence was when it made landfall as a Category 1 storm drenching the Carolinas last month, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Forecasters say Michael will come ashore over the Florida Panhandle sometime midday Wednesday.
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