Forecasters are warning of trouble ahead for residents along the Gulf of Mexico ... could become a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall, possibly on Florida's Panhandle.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the eye of the storm touched land near Mexico Beach, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of thousands were told to evacuate but many have not fled.

Hurricane Michael destroyed nearly every structure in the small town of Mexico Beach, Florida, turning homes, restaurants, and gift shops into piles of rubble and debris. As the storm wreaked ...