Mobile Homes a Danger in Hurricane Zones, Owners Say
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Rita Weston survived Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.
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While the complete post-mortem about Hurricane Charley will take months to complete, some conclusions already are apparent. For one, houses fared much better in the Category 4 winds than mobile homes.
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When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.
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With eastern North Carolina soaked after more heavy rains, residents worried that the next tropical system could bring a repeat of the worst hurricanes of the past decade.
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U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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As Hurricane Charley whipped toward his retirement home, Burton MacLeod didn&#39;t budge, telling his worried family he was going to ride it out, no matter how hard the winds blew.
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Investors looking for safety from declines in the mortgage and corporate bond markets may find it in the path of a hurricane.
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KEY LARGO, Fla. - Tourists and residents throughout the Florida Keys were sent packing Thursday to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Ivan, even as millions of disaster-stricken residents struggled to pick up the pieces from Hurricanes Frances and Charley...
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Right now, Tony Thorp and his son are in a van on their way to Florida, to see just how badly Hurricane Charley hit their mobile home. The Simcoe County man hopes to repair at least some of the damage to the winter home he bought 15 years ago, according ...
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The price of paradise is becoming too steep for some residents of A Garden Walk mobile home park, a community ravaged three times in about a year by tornadoes and hurricanes.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 17--Hurricanes are driving Philip Lofe out of Destin and into the mountains. "We have no protection anymore," Lofe, the manager of Jetty East Condominiums, said in an interview about the building's eroded waterfront.
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A tornado destroyed two mobile home parks, killing one person, and blew out windows in buildings across the town, officials said Monday. At least 18 people were injured.
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The fast food purveyor suffers more hurricane damage.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The oak tree in Ilyse Kusnetz's back yard caused one headache when it crashed into her house during Hurricane Charley...
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As a formidable hurricane lurched closer, tens of thousands of Florida residents fled their coastal homes on Thursday and clogged highways
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VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 28 -- Janet Hettinger waited more than two days to return home to this city's barrier island only to be told she couldn't go inside. Hurricane Jeanne's winds caused too much damage.
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Hammered by hurricanes in recent years, Pilar Benitez and thousands of other Floridians are coming face-to-face with the dark side of the U.S. housing boom.