After 30+ years, Dean’s South of the Border in Punta Gorda will close July 6 as its owners retire. A sale may keep it alive.

Hurricane Charley: 20 facts about the ... When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, the World Meteorological Organization removes the name from the rotating list of names used for ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In August 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, bringing heavy damage to houses and businesses, specifically in the southwest region of the state.

Charley was initially expected to hit further north in Tampa, and caught many Floridians off-guard due to a sudden change in the storm’s track as it approached the state. Along its path, Charley ...

4-Extensive damage at Four Winds Marina on Pine Island Hurricane Charley damaged a rack of stored boats at the Four Winds Marina on Pine Island. Dane Gomez, a resident of a mobile home off Florida ...

Hurricane Charley struck Florida as a Category 4 in 2004, causing $16.3 billion in damage and becoming the second costliest US hurricane at the time. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Along its path, Charley caused 10 deaths and $16.9 billion in damage to insured residential property, making it the second costliest hurricane in U-S history at the time. The very next year ...

Deaths and damage count. Hurricane Charley directly caused one death in Polk County. The winds and rains eroded the earth along State Road 60 east of Lake Wales, ...

See the potential damage associated with each category part of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. ... Hurricane Charley slammed into the Florida coastline in 2004 as a Category 4 hurricane.

Charley was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Andrew in 1992 and, although it was "relatively small in size, it caused catastrophic wind damage in Charlotte County and serious ...

Aug 13, 2004. It's a date people who were here and still live in SW FL will never forget - when Hurricane Charley came ashore. ... 4-Extensive damage at Four Winds Marina on Pine Island.

TAMPA, Fla. — In August 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, bringing heavy damage to houses and businesses, specifically in the southwest region of the state.