Tales of survival in hurricane Charley's wake
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From floating houses to city seals on the loose, Floridians salvage stories from debris.
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SARASOTA, Fla. - The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation...
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By Zhong, Qian  The Impact of Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing Technology on the Offshore Community The 2005 hurricane season unleashed five unforgiving storms on the southern United States and gulf coast.
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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla.  - Five days after Hurricane  Charley hammered southwest Florida, hundreds of residents  streamed back to the barrier islands on Wednesday as  authorities opened causeways for the first time to allow access  to homes left largely intact by the storm's ferocious winds.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Until the electricity hums again and the debris is cleared, health officials are worried that there could be more deaths and injuries in Hurricane Charley's aftermath than during the storm itself...
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Walt Disney World escaped serious storm damage from Hurricane Charley last weekend, but many central Florida residents, including employees of the Magic Kingdom and other Orlando theme parks, weren&#39;t so lucky.
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First, Florida was hit by Hurricane Charley. Then came Hurricane Frances. Next up ... Hurricane Ivan? What&#39;s behind this year&#39;s upsurge in violent storms?
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The US death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley rose to at least 19 as Floridians began to rebuild from the strongest storm to strike the US in a dozen years, according to the Florida emergency management agency.
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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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As we watched television coverage of Hurricane Charley last weekend, my wife and I reminisced about a time nearly two decades ago when we lived in Florida and got the word to evacuate.
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Two weeks after it was hit by Hurricane Charley, Florida is open for business and welcoming visitors. The organisation Visit Florida, which offers advice to holidaymakers
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Still smarting over the loss of their homes, Hurricane Charley's victims turned out by the hundreds in 90-degree heat Tuesday to cope with the storm's latest blow to their lives - the mass shutdown of businesses that has left them without jobs...
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The aftermath of Hurricane Charley is proof of nature&#39;s stunning strength, but the help that&#39;s flowing to Florida from across the country is a testament to the public&#39;s willingness to help a faraway neighbor.
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Natural disasters invoke a frustrating helplessness: Our despair only deepens as the scope of devastation reveals itself. Americans last experienced nature&#39;s wrath firsthand during the series of hurricanes
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Relief supplies poured  rapidly into southwest Florida after Hurricane Charley's  devastating punch but some of the thousands of newly homeless  on Monday were frustrated as they faced rebuilding their lives.
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With homes still swaddled in blue tarp and the deaths from Hurricane Charley still fresh in their minds, Florida residents lined up before dawn Thursday for supplies or made evacuation plans as they braced for what could be the mightiest storm of the season.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Aug. 18, 2004  Bill Nylander survived Hurricane Charley, but the storm still managed to hurt him days after it cut a swath of destruction through his hometown. Nylander burned his leg while trying to repair his sun-scorched roof.