Hurricane Charley - Wikipedia
Hurricane Charley was the first of four separate hurricanes to impact or strike Florida during 2004, along with Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, as well as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
4 hurricanes in 6 weeks? It happened to one state in 2004.
Aug 13, 2004 · Florida experienced four unique storms in 2004, and though the names Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne were retired by the World Meteorological Organization and will never be used again, the threats posed by each of those storms are still a factor today.
Hurricane Charley 20 years later: Remembering the devastating …
On August 13, 2004, Charley made landfall near the island of Cayo Costa in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before ripping through the Florida Peninsula, leaving 15 people dead in its wake and billions of dollars in property damage.
Hurricane Charley made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida near Cayo Costa, just west of Ft. Myers around 3:45 p.m. EDT on August 13, with maximum sustained surface winds near 150 mph. This made Charley a category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
2004: A hurricane season that Florida never wants to repeat
1 day ago · TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season started off on a quiet note but, during a two-month period, created a lifetime of memories for Floridians. Between Aug. 3 and Sept. 28, four significant hurricanes and a tropical storm struck the Sunshine State, which was dubbed the "Plywood State" as no region of Florida went unscathed.
20 Year Anniversary of the 2004 Hurricane Season - National Weather Service
The first hurricane officially to make landfall in the U.S. in 2004, Hurricane Charley was the strongest and costliest storm to hit the US since Andrew in 1992. Charley was a Category 4 storm when it made landfall in Florida and caused approximately $14 billion in damage.
National Hurricane Center 18 October 2004 (Revised 15 September 2011) Hurricane Charley strengthened rapidly just before striking the southwestern coast of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Charley was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Andrew in 1992 and, although small in size, it
Into the Eye: A Look Back At Hurricane Charley, 20 Years Later
Aug 14, 2024 · Charley made landfall as a major category-four hurricane with winds near 150 mph near Cayo Costa, just west of Fort Myers on August 13, 2004. An hour later, the hurricane struck Punta Gorda as a 145-mph hurricane, then passed up …
Hurricanes: Science and Society: 2004- Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Charley was the first of four hurricanes to infamously impact Florida within six weeks during the highly active 2004 hurricane season. Charley developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 4, 2004.
HURRICANE CHARLEY: THE OVERVIEW; Hurricane Rips Path of …
Aug 14, 2004 · A ferocious hurricane packing winds of 145 miles an hour ripped into Florida's west coast on Friday, leaving a half million people without power, flipping roofs off houses, blowing out...