Over 500,000 people have been advised to evacuate their homes on Florida‘s Gulf shore as Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, iNews reported.
Currently, the hurricane is located 145 km south-west of the city of Apalachicola and is moving to the north at a speed of 5.5 m / s.
On Tuesday, the Gulf Coast companies decided to cut oil and gas production by 40% and 28%, respectively, due to an impending hurricane.
US President Donald Trump ordered federal assistance to the State of Florida, while the governor of the neighboring state of Alabama Kay Ivey announced the state of an emergency.
