---
title: "Inside the hurricane that caused $5 billion in damage to one Air Force base"
description: "Tyndall Air Force Base is still dealing with the repercussions of the Category 5 hurricane that smashed into it in 2018."
date: "2022-04-28"
modified: "2022-04-28"
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  - name: "Rebecca Rosen"
    job_title: "Video Editor"
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url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/hurricane-michael-tyndall-air-force-base/"
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---

# Inside the hurricane that caused $5 billion in damage to one Air Force base

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/28/4897025-1-scaled-e1651165115645.jpg>)
*Scenes from Mexico Beach, taken Nov. 12 – More than 30 days after Hurricane Michael struck, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working in partnership with the local, state and federal response to Hurricane Michael with 220 Corps employees currently engaged in Florida.*

***Editor's Note: This article is part of*** [***War and Climate Week***](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-climate-change-war/>)***, a series of stories exploring how the U.S. military is coping with extreme weather, sea-level rise, and a warming globe.***

When Hurricane Michael struck in October 2018, it wreaked havoc on Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base. Its 160-mile-per-hour winds hammered everything in its path, and across the 29,000-acre base, hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed, costing the service $5 billion in repairs, in addition to disrupting operations. The hurricane is one of the most [devastating, and costly, extreme weather events to strike a military installation](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/extreme-weather-military-base-damages/>) in recent years. Learn all about it below:

https://youtu.be/GfhqnkawUrQ

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## Author
Rebecca Rosen is Task and Purpose’s only dedicated Video Editor. She has been working with the brand since 2019. Rebecca creates video content for the Task & Purpose website and social channels, and has also assisted with video for The Drive.Â