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Hurricane Michael downs countless trees in Marianna, Florida

So many trees, too numerous to count, fell in a subdivision in a Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Michael slammed the region.

Credit: Craig Hicks

The scene of devastation to just one neighborhood in Marianna, Florida, located off Interstate 10 in Jackson County, is one of many others across the entire Panhandle after Hurricane Michael pushed through.

MARIANNA, Fla. -- Crews spent most of the day working to help people trapped in their homes.

The scene of devastation to just one neighborhood in Marianna, Florida, located off Interstate 10 in Jackson County, is one of many others across the entire Panhandle after Hurricane Michael pushed through.

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Kathy Coy stands among what is left of her home after Hurricane Michael destroyed it on October 11, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. She said she was in the home when it was blown apart and is thankful to be alive.

Destructive winds downed numerous trees onto homes, snapped an entire field of pines in half and pulled power lines.

Craig Hicks, a volunteer on the county's emergency management team, says the emergency operations center has relied on its ham radio operator as their only source of communication and relaying needs to the state EOC.

Any other form of communication was out. Crews got cell service, albeit potty service, back earlier this afternoon.

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