Charley Shows Progress, Pitfalls in Forecasting
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A few decades ago, the earliest warning Floridians would have had of a hurricane would have been black clouds on the horizon. Now people are complaining after Hurricane Charley hit shore at a point just 60 miles off ...
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STUART, Fla. - With some homes still swaddled in blue tarp and the deaths from Hurricane Charley still fresh in their minds, Southeastern residents once again warily eyed a menacing hurricane - a storm that could prove the mightiest yet this season...
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Rubble from Hurricane Charley is still piled along the streets. Plywood still covers many blown-out windows, and blue tarps still cover holes torn in the roofs.
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Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity - even with all the latest satellite and radar technology.    "Most major hurricanes become major by going through a rapid intensification...
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The line of people filing new claims for jobless benefits grew last week, hurt by damage to businesses caused by Hurricane Charley, a US government report showed.
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With the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season just a few hours away, researcher William Gray released his newest forecast Thursday still showing an expection for 17 major storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.
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Is our mishandling of the environment to blame for  the well-documented increase in the frequency and  severity of hurricanes? The answer is unclear.
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Don&#39;t write off Florida as a place to escape this winter. So say tourism officials, who worry that images of destruction in the wake of Hurricane Charley could scare away visitors and jeopardize the state&#39;s $51 billion-a-year ...
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Charley throws some water on Wal-Mart's August sales forecast.
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The hurricane appeared to be strengthening and forecasters warned of an increased threat of serious flooding and wind damage.
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Charley, Frances and Ivan. Three major hurricanes. Two assaults on Florida already and possibly a third by next week. Get used to it.
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MIAMI, FLA. - Florida is bracing for a storm system almost twice as big as hurricane Charley, which killed 27 people and caused $7.
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Hurricane Charley reminded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals of the importance of keeping football in perspective. It didn't stop them from preparing to do their jobs.
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MIAMI -- Forecasters began watching Frances just 11 days after Hurricane Charley ripped through Florida, but just like its predecessor, Frances&#39; behavior proved quirky.
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Hurricane Charley's damaging path through Florida and the growing ineffectiveness of sales incentives caused U.S. car and trucks sales to slip in August, raising the likelihood of costly cuts in vehicle production, analysts said.
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Watching for changes in the inner eyewall of a hurricane may help forecasters overcome one of their most perplexing challenges: predicting sudden strengthening or weakening.
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Hurricane Charley's damaging path  through Florida and the growing ineffectiveness of sales  incentives caused U.S. car and trucks sales to slip in August,  raising the likelihood of costly cuts in vehicle production,  analysts said.