Hector Morales sits on a debris pile near his home which was destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Friday. "I have nothing else to do. I'm just waiting," said Morales as he wonders what he will do next. "I lost everything."
People walk around the destroyed portion of Alligator Drive on Friday in Alligator Point, Florida.
An entire neighborhood between 40th and 42nd streets in Mexico Beach, Florida, was wiped out by Hurricane Michael.
Damaged boats sit amid debris in a marina in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida, on Friday.
David Blackston climbs a damaged stairway to check on his second-floor apartment in the aftermath of hurricane Michael in Callaway, Florida, on Thursday. Blackston and his wife evacuated to a hotel in Alabama on Monday ahead of the storm.
This photo combo of satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe shows the Panama City, Florida, neighborhood of Ivy Road Estates on Nov. 17, 2017, left, prior to Hurricane Michael, and on Thursday, right, taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 satellite, which collects black and white imagery, after the storm swept through the area.
This photo combo of satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe shows Long Point Park Highway 98 in Panama City, Florida, on Nov. 17, 2017, left, prior to Hurricane Michael, and on Thursday, right, taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 satellite, which collects black and white imagery, after the storm swept through the area.
Rescue personnel take stock in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
Michael Williams, 70, of Springfield, Fla., waves to passing motorists while looking for food and water as downed trees prevent him from driving out of his damaged home with his family Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. "I don't know what I'm going to," said Williams.
Daylight on Thursday yielded scenes of rows upon rows of houses smashed to pieces in Mexico Beach, Florida, by Hurricane Michael.
People hold hands and walk amidst destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
Jason Phipps looks through his family's roofless apartment in Panama City, Fla., after Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle.
Emergency workers Dr. Patricia Cantrell, left, and Ana Kaufmann, with the South Florida Search and Rescue Task Force 2, survey damage at the western edge of town in Mexico Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Michael swept through the area, on Thursday.
State officials said 285 people in Mexico Beach, Florida, had refused to leave ahead of Hurricane Michael despite a mandatory evacuation order. Broad devastation was left behind Thursday.
Rescue personnel perform a search in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
Hurricane Michael arrived in the Florida Panhandle with 155 mph winds, leaving behind tangled devastation on Thursday in Mexico Beach, Florida.
Mishelle McPherson climbs over the rubble of the home of a friend as she searches for the woman, who stayed during Hurricane Michael, in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
Damaged traffic lights dangle above a road littered with storm debris Thursday in Panama City, Fla.
Firefighter Austin Schlarb conducts a door-to-door search in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
An American flag flies amidst destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida. Residents were trying to account for everybody Thursday.
A boat, a mattress and a sink sit amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
People walk along a street covered by fallen trees Thursday.
In this image made from video, damage from Hurricane Michael is seen in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
A boat sits amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Thursday.
Kylie Strampe holds her 4-month-old daughter, Lola, while surveying the damage from Hurricane Michael after riding out the storm in Callaway, Florida, on Thursday.
Mexico Beach, Florida was devastated by Hurricane Michael. Search-and-rescue teams fanned out across the Florida Panhandle on Thursday.
From left, Al Cathey, 71, Lee Cathey, 37, and Charles Smith, 56, survey damage in the coastal township of Mexico Beach, Florida, population 1,200, which lay devastated on Thursday after Hurricane Michael made landfall on Wednesday in the Florida Panhandle. Al, who said he is the mayor, believes 280 residents rode out the storm in their homes. Lee had found his shotgun, which was displaced from his hardware store in the storm, in the middle of U.S. 98.
A woman walks through the remains of a store in Springfield, Fla., on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael.
Kelsey Gronbeck walks past damaged homes in Callaway, Fla., on Thursday after checking on a friend's house.
Power lines and trees cover streets Thursday, a day after Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida Panhandle.
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