Two years after Hurricane Michael, the damage is still seen in many places.
The Florida Forest Service says 2. 8 million acres of trees were either broken or blown over.
That damage is now causing foresters to issue a warning about the increase likelihood of forest fires.
In Gadsden County, the Emergency Management Director told WCTV that Hurricane Michael caused 400 million dollars of damage to the county. The Florida Forest Service compared downed trees to a box of matched sticks that could be lit at any time.
Gadsden County Emergency Management Director, Shawn Wood, said, “A lot of people use forestry as a way of income or retirement and it was totally destroyed.”
After Hurricane Michael ripped through North Florida two years ago, thousands and thousands of downed trees remain.
Wood said, “There is so many downed trees that it will become an issue those trees that have been down two years as the summer season comes it’ll become very dangerous for a lot of areas.”