U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania are traveling Monday to survey parts of the Florida Panhandle devastated last week by Hurricane Michael.
The White House did not give a detailed schedule for the visit, which comes as search and rescue crews continue to look for people who remain missing after the storm.
Michael came ashore Wednesday as a powerful hurricane with maximum winds of 250 kilometers per hour and high storm surge that combined to knock down buildings, cut off electricity and leave debris strewn across coastal areas.
At least 17 deaths have been blamed on the storm along its path from Florida to Virginia.
Among the hardest hit areas was Mexico Beach, a Florida panhandle town that the state’s Governor Rick Scott said now resembles a war zone.
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