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Lower Grand Lagoon to Western Panama City: Bay: FL: 11:31–11:37 5.2 mi (8.4 km) 550 yd (500 m) A powerful tornadic waterspout formed over the Gulf of Mexico and moved onshore at Panama City Beach, striking Lower Grand Lagoon. A beachfront home was leveled after it was ripped from its raised wooden pier foundation, a three-story home was ...
Panama City Beach is a resort town in the Florida Panhandle, and principal city of the Panama City Metropolitan Area. It is a popular vacation destination, especially among people in the Southern United States, and is located in the "Emerald Coast" area. Panama City Beach had a population of 18,094 at the 2020 census, up from 12,018 in 2010. [4]
I spent time along Florida's 30A in three towns: Seaside, Rosemary Beach, and Alys Beach. Each beach town was very different, and the one I liked best felt the most "Florida" to me.
June 15, 1965– An unnamed tropical storm hits near Panama City, producing high tides and moderate rainfall peaking at 5.99 inches (152 mm) in Tallahassee. Damage from the storm is minor, and no deaths or injuries are reported. [31] A view from the interior of Hurricane Betsy's eye, taken by Hurricane hunters before its Florida landfall
The storm caused severe beach erosion in Bay County; approximately 801,000 cubic yards (612,000 m 3) of sand was removed. [16] Storm-related changes in the coastal topography resulted in extensive structural damage in the Panama City Beach area. The most severe damage was concentrated in a 22 miles (35 km) area of the shore east of the ...
Get the Panama City Beach, FL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
If you live near the coast, you probably hear the word hurricane mentioned ad nauseam each summer and fall, but what is not as well known is the source. The origin of the word "hurricane" comes ...
US 98 runs east–west through the city itself, leading southeast 24 miles (39 km) to Mexico Beach and west 10 miles (16 km) to Panama City Beach. The two main north–south thoroughfares in the city are Martin Luther King Boulevard, otherwise known as SR 77 and US 231. SR 77 leads north six miles (9.7 km) to the Panama City suburb of Lynn Haven.