Hurricane Damage to Florida's Farms Put at $3 Billion
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Damage to Florida's $62 billion  agricultural sector from the worst hurricane season in decades  will probably be around $3 billion when all the toppled citrus  trees, shattered greenhouses and fallen fruit are counted, the  state government said Thursday.
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Nat Roberts watched with sympathy as Hurricane Charley blew in from the Gulf Coast three weeks ago and ripped through groves in southwest Florida, causing losses of up to 20 percent for next year's Florida citrus crop. The hurricane spared Roberts' property, safely located across the state on the Atlantic Coast, but his 4,000 acres of grapefruit and orange groves now face a similar danger from Hurricane Frances.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla.  - Hurricane Jeanne tore roofs  from houses and a hospital, caused widespread power outages and  was expected to inflict heavy damage as it pounded Florida's  east coast on Sunday, the same coastal region scarred by  Hurricane Frances three weeks ago.
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Florida's orange production is expected to plunge 27 percent from a year ago in the wake of four hurricanes that lashed the state in August and September, the US Agriculture Department said.
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WASHINGTON - Farmers received $2.9 billion in drought and disaster assistance tacked on to a $11.6 billion hurricane relief package that itself was tacked on to a $10 billion bill to fund military construction today.
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One death was reported as Hurricane Frances hit some of the same stops that Hurricane Charley visited three weeks ago.
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Before South Mississippi residents assessed the damage from Hurricane Ivan, they counted their blessings. The Category 3 storm, which devastated south Alabama and the Florida
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President Bush on Sunday got a firsthand look at Hurricane Ivanâs devastation during his third trip to Florida to assess the damage from this summerâs fierce storms in the South.
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State agricultural officials on Friday raised the estimated losses from Hurricanes Charley and Frances to more than &#36;2 billion, or more than 30 percent of Florida's &#36;6.4 billion in annual crop cash receipts.
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The Labor Department said Thursday that claims, reflecting the impact of hurricanes in Florida, increased by a seasonally adjusted 14,000, to 350,000.
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The property insurance industry had record third-quarter losses this year after a series of storms, including a string of hurricanes, according to an actuarial firm&#39;s preliminary estimate.
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The four hurricanes that battered Florida in recent months have killed dozens of people and caused billions of dollars in damages. They may also affect the outcome of the presidential election.
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MIAMI As the hurricane called Frances lumbered across Florida, economic analysts estimated the costs of the damage inflicted by the sprawling storm and a previous hurricane three weeks ago, designated Charley, could run to $40 billion.
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Florida's hurricane-damaged orange and grapefruit crop will be even smaller than originally estimated, officials said Friday, raising the prospect of higher prices for orange juice at supermarkets and an even greater scarcity of grapefruit juice.
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The Midland Co. said Friday it expects to incur pretax losses of between $3 million and $4 million from Hurricane Frances, which swept across Florida last weekend.
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President Bush asked Congress for an additional &#36;3.1 billion Tuesday to help Florida and other states recover from the battering they endured from recent hurricanes.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Hurricane Charley claimed a  19th victim in Florida, where more than a half million people  remained without power on Tuesday and officials said damage to  crops would run to hundreds of millions of dollars.