Four Florida Counties Declared Disaster Areas
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By JIM ELLIS LADY LAKE, Fla. - Search efforts resumed amid fresh rain Saturday across a swath of central Florida devastated by tornado-bearing thunderstorms that killed at least 20 people, including a high school girl struck by a tree as she lay in bed.
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The Red Cross has issued a call for help from communities across the nation in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The storm system that blew through Florida two weeks ago caused billions of dollars in damage - and
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FIRST, Charley tore through western Florida, sending more than a million people fleeing and turning homes into matchwood. Then, Frances arrived, dumping yachts on to freeways and drenching the state with days of torrential rain.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians scrambled to board their homes and stock up on groceries and gas - again - as Hurricane Jeanne churned westward Friday and threatened to become the fourth hurricane to pound the state in the last six weeks...
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Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth hurricane  to hit Florida in six weeks, left more than 2.5 million Florida  homes and businesses without electricity since the storm hit on  Sept. 25, local utilities said on Monday.
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By JIM ELLIS LADY LAKE, Fla. - Storms blew through central Florida early Friday, killing at least 14 people, damaging hundreds of homes and a church and lifting a tractor trailer into the air, authorities said.
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PENSACOLA, Florida _ In the wake of Hurricane Ivan&#39;s destructive path, residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Alabama and Florida returned to their neighborhoods Saturday to find their roofs blown off, appliances missing and clothing littering in the
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FORT PIERCE, Fla.  - Hurricane Jeanne killed four  people, filled oceanfront condos with sand and left large  swaths of coastline knee-deep in water on Sunday as it plowed  through parts of Florida scarred by Hurricane Frances three  weeks ago.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms ripped through central Florida early on Friday, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings, officials said.
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By Nicholas Spangler, The Miami Herald  Sep. 19--FEMA CITY -- In 2004, after the first of the hurricanes ripped through, the federal government built this place on wasteland out by the Charlotte County jail.
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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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Once primarily a Florida concern, massive Hurricane Ivan now looms as an ominous danger to four states, carrying the threat of devastating wind and water damage from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle.
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roads into debris-filled rivers and smashed piers and marinas in Alabama and northwestern Florida. About 3 million people were without power and thousands huddled in shelters.
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The Small Business Administration steps up aid to businesses affected by recent weather-related disasters. Oct. 4, 2004 --As home and business owners throughout Florida and the Southwestern US pull things
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The remnants of Hurricane Frances washed out water lines or sanitation systems in several mountain towns, leaving tens of thousands of people without drinking water early Thursday. Flooding throughout the Appalachian Mountains contributed to two deaths in Ohio.
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A deadly storm ripped through central Florida, tearing roofs off buildings, flattening homes and leaving thousands without power, local officials said, with at least 14 people reported dead.
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Hurricane Jeanne, a dangerous Category 3 storm, has roared ashore just east of Stuart on Florida&#39;s east coast. The fourth hurricane to hit Florida in six weeks, the center of Jeanne