Images trickle out of Michael’s vast devastation

NEW YORK (AP) — The urgency of hurricane coverage with its colorful satellite maps and reporters standing in the wind is a television staple. But devastation in Hurricane Michael’s wake was so severe that it made images of some of the hardest-hit areas in Florida trickle out as slowly as if from a distant, third-world nation.
For news organizations, Thursday was a race to get to Mexico Beach, considered the hardest-hit community by the strikingly potent storm.
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