Hurricane Charley Deaths Rise to 20 in Florida
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - The death toll from Hurricane  Charley's destructive rampage in Florida has risen to 20, and  more than 439,000 remain without power in the state, government  officials said on Wednesday.
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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.
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The number of Americans filing new  claims for unemployment benefits rose 20,000 last week, the  government said on Thursday in a report that continued to be  somewhat inflated by hurricane-related claims.
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At least 18 people are killed and many more injured in severe storms across the southern US.
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As Florida attempts to recover from an estimated $15 billion in damages left by Hurricane Charley, tax-exempt debt issuance from the state is likely to increase so Florida can replenish its Hurricane Catastrophe ...
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops were scattered across Florida to help residents rally from the brunt of Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the state in a dozen years...
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Pulling blue tarps over the houses that still had walls, neighbors, jail inmates and National Guard troops picked up amid rain showers Saturday from dead-of-night thunderstorms that chewed through the middle of Florida, killing at least 20 people.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan intensified Thursday, heading straight for Jamaica and possibly Florida with 160 mph winds after it killed at least 20 people while pummeling Grenada, Barbados and other islands...
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WASHINGTON, Aug 17  - Hurricane Charley may have caused up to $15 billion in damage in Florida, but that is not seen immediately hurting the state&#39;s credit picture thanks to strong finances and funds in reserve, analysts said ...
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Still reeling from Hurricane Charley, Florida&#39;s worst natural disaster in more than a decade, state residents are bracing for a storm that could prove larger, longer and more lethal.
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First Hurricane Charley rammed Florida's Gulf Coast a month ago. Then Frances plowed into the Atlantic shore. Now Ivan is threatening to wallop the state again &#151; and Floridians have had enough.
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Hurricane Ivan drilled the Gulf Coast on Thursday with 130-mph winds that inflicted far less damage than feared everywhere except Florida's Panhandle, where residents were left with surge-ravaged beachfronts, flooded streets and homes ripped apart by deadly tornadoes. The storm was blamed for at least 20 U.S. deaths, most of them in Florida.
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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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COLOMBO A military spokesman raised the estimated number of deaths in Sri Lanka caused by devastating waves by more than 5,000 people on Monday, increasing estimates of the death toll from the regional catastrophe to more than 20,000 people.
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Only one of the 31 Floridians killed by Hurricane Charley last month was a victim of drowning, the US government reports in new findings that run counter to data showing drownings were responsible for more than 80 percent of US hurricane deaths over the
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Thirteen of the 31 deaths linked to Hurricane Charley in Florida last month were people over age 60, many of them apparently
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SARASOTA, Fla. Aug. 18, 2004  The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation.