Hurricane Michael MAPPED: Weather maps show HUGE Hurricane THREATENING Florida

Hurricane Michael forecast to bring widespread misery for the southeastern US in the coming days as it threatens to bear down on Florida.

Just one month after the chaos of Hurricane Florence, Michael will soon batter the region with devastating winds.

Florence has left its mark over the Carolinas, and both the North and South are still reeling from its path of destruction.

Many people are still displaced and living in shelters since the storm departed the US, and Michael could cause much more damage.

The latest maps and charts show Hurricane Michael is located 20 miles from Cuba’s western tip, and will storm over the land in the next two days.

Michael’s threathening path has sparked collection of warnings from the NOAA’s National Hurricane Centre for storm surges, hurricane and tropical-storm force winds.

There are no hurricane warnings yet issued for the US, but a hurricane ‘watch’ is in effect, which outlines the possibility of incoming hurricane-strength winds.

The hurricane watch is in place for the Alabama-Florida border to Suwannee River Florida.

Weather models of the hurricane are also showing strong rain and possible storm surges inbound for the coast.

At the moment there is a storm surge watch for much of Florida, including Navarre Florida to Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay.

The storm surge watch means weather could pose the risk of life-threatening water bracing the land in the next 48 hours.

Michael will also carry with it some strong rainfall and is already pouring inches as it heads towards Florida.

Around the Florida Panhandle and then towards the Carolina’s the NOAA is predicting up to eight inches of rain this weekend.

In some areas, Michael could tip down a total of 12 inches onto the land, threatening flash floods.

Landslides are also a real possibility for the Florida Peninsula, Florida Keys, portions of the Mid-Atlantic States, and the southern New England coast as a maximum of 6 inches rain could be incoming.

Michael won’t be quite as powerful as Florence, which poured out 15 to 24 inches of rain in total.

What is the strongest hurricane in US history?

While both Florence and Michael are representing this year’s strongest Atlantic hurricanes, they are nowhere near the strongest in US history.

The strongest in US history was the massive category 5 storm named Hurricane Camille.

Hitting the state of Mississippi long before Katrina in 1969, Camille bulldozed the US with winds of 190mph.

There were record damage costs in the wake of the storm, with a total of £1.07billion ($1.41 billion) used to help in cleanup efforts.