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A freight train was blown over by wind gusts generated from Hurricane Michael. Michael is one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever come ashore in the United States with 155 mph sustained winds.
Mike Killian Photography

After making landfall Wednesday Florida's Panhandle, Hurricane Michael has left a trail of disaster across multiple states.

Although Michael weakened to a tropical storm, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The damage has been astonishing, with entire neighborhoods wiped out in some locations.

The storm made history in the United States mainland in recorded history after making landfall Wednesday as a Category 4.

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Here are some pictures and videos from the storm's path:

Boats with bent frames sink in Panama city marina. On shore, high-rise buildings are stripped of siding and walls, exposing tousled furniture inside.

A Panama City hospital evacuated about 200 patients on Thursday morning after the building sustained significant damage.

Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart was evacuating 200 patients Thursday morning after the Hurricane Michael Michael Hurricane. (Photo: Brandon Girod / [email protected])

Mexico City, Fla., Which FEMA chief Brock Long referred to the city as "ground zero" for the storm.

A man died in Gretna, Fla. after a tree crashed through his home.

A large oak tree, which fell Oct. 10, 2018, during Michael Hurricane, practically destroyed the Gretna, Florida, house where Steve Sweet was killed and his wife was injured. (Photo: Nada Hassanein, Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat)

Cars in Georgia and Florida.

Residents and business owners try to salvage what remains after the storm.

Greenville County, South Carolina first tropical storm warning in history.

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As Tropical Storm Michael moves through the Upstate, it's impactable at the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, S.C.
Josh Morgan / STAFF, The Greenville News

Infrared imagery shows the storm's progression since landfall.

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Trevor Hughes, John Bacon Steve Kiggins and Nate Chute contributed to this report. Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets.

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