Coast Guard conducts overflight assessment of Hurricane Michael affected areas near Apalachicola, Fla.

A Coast Guard crew member aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, drops a self-locating datum marker buoy to determine the flow of storm surge during an aerial assessment of damage due to Hurricane Michael near Apalachicola, Florida, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Johnson.)

Coast Guard crew members aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, conduct an aerial assessment of coastal areas affected by Hurricane Michael near Apalachicola, Florida, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. During the flight from Clearwater to Apalachicola, crew members dropped several self-locating datum marker buoys to determine the flow of storm surge. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson.)

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