According to the latest bulletin released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the gigantic storm has weekend slightly since it made landfall.
Peaking with winds of 155 mph, Hurricane Michael is now grinding across land at 125mph as a Category 3 storm.
Officials are quick to remind residents this weakening will have little bearing on what has become the biggest, strongest storm to hit the coast of Florida in history.
The eye of the storm is now approaching southeastern Alabama and southwest Georgia, leaving a trail of havoc in its wake.
Current path forecast
The hurricane is currently churning along at 16mph and moving toward the north-northeast.
On the forecast track, NOAA expects Michael to make a turn toward the northeast this evening or tonight.
The core of Michael will move across southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia throughout Wednesday evening.
A motion toward the northeast at a faster forward speed is forecast on Thursday into Friday night.
Michael will then move northeastward across the southeastern United States through Thursday, and then move off the mid-Atlantic coast away from the US on late Thursday night and Friday.
How much damage has been caused so far?
Timothy Thomas, riding out the storm with his wife in their second-floor apartment in Panama City Beach, said: “We are catching some hell.”
He said he could see broken street signs and a 90-foot pine bent at a 45-degree angle.
Michael ploughed into Florida with unrelenting speed, splintering homes and engulfing homes in floodwater.
Shrieking winds have ripped trees from the earth and pulled roofs off houses.
Power has been knocked out to a about 250,000 homes and businesses.
Some people have reported hearing explosions from blown transformers.
Michael has already killed 13 people when it charged across Central America over the weekend.
At the White House, President Donald Trump said the government is “absolutely ready for the storm.”
“God bless everyone because it’s going to be a rough one,” he said.
“A very dangerous one.”