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Path of hurricane
Mexico
Beach
Fla.
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Hurricane
lifted house.
Boats pushed on land.
Visitor
center
damaged.
Ice cream shop destroyed.
Gift shop destroyed.
U.S. Highway 98
U.S. Highway 98
U.S. Highway 98
U.S. Highway 98
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Circle Dr.
Mexico
Beach Canal
Vacation rentals were here.
Homes were here.
Mexico Beach
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Homes were here.
Pier damaged.
Path of hurricane
Mexico
Beach
Fla.
We used aerial images of Mexico Beach taken before and after Hurricane Michael to assess the extent of the damage along a 1.2-mile stretch of the town. Of 440 buildings we could identify, 237, or 54 percent, were destroyed and 99, or 23 percent, were severely damaged — almost all of these were homes. The level of damage sustained by the remaining structures was unclear.
44th St.
Destroyed
Severely damaged
Mexico Beach Canal
U.S. HIGHWAY 98
Paradise Path
40th St.
38th St.
36th St.
42ND ST.
CIRCLE DR.
34th St.
32ND St.
U.S. HIGHWAY 98
22ND St.
30TH St.
28TH St.
20th St.
26TH St.
MEXICO BEACH
Beach
Beach
Gulf of Mexico
Pier
destroyed
300 ft.
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