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In post-hurricane-season analysis, Charley was determined to have struck southern Cuba with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) hurricane; the original estimate was revised based on a report of a sustained wind measurement of 118 mph (190 km/h) in Playa Baracoa, meaning Charley was a major hurricane at landfall. [6]
The 1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane (also known as the 1944 San Lucas hurricane and the Sanibel Island Hurricane of 1944) [1] [2] was a large Category 4 tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale that caused widespread damage across the western Caribbean Sea and Southeastern United States in October 1944.
Sanibel is an island and city in Lee County, Florida, ... On August 13, 2004, it was hit hard by Hurricane Charley, a category four hurricane with 143 mph ...
The St. James City community felt they had just recovered from Hurricane Charley when Hurricane Ian hit them last week. Residents of the island in Lee County, Florida, shared their reactions with ...
After Hurricane Charley ravaged Southwest Florida in August 2004, ... “Barrier island communities, especially Sanibel, which had damage to the causeway, face a longer haul. On Fort Myers Beach ...
Category 4 Hurricane Charley in 2004 made ... Maximum inundation levels of up to 13 feet occurred on the eastern portion of Sanibel Island. "All of us in the hurricane business think folks on the ...
Construction of the high-span bridges commenced in May 2004. On August 13, 2004, the area was struck by Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 hurricane. The causeway received minor damage and was inspected before Sanibel residents were permitted to return to the island. In November 2004, the $3 toll was increased to $6 to finance construction.
The Dairy Queen survived Charley in 2004, until now the worst hurricane to hit Southwest Florida. Ivan, Jeanne, Wilma and Irma wind-whipped these islands as well. Ivan, Jeanne, Wilma and Irma wind ...