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Hurricane Charley was the first of four separate hurricanes to impact or strike Florida during 2004, along with Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, as well as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the United States. It was the third named storm, the second hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Charlie was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Jamaica until Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and at the time the worst natural disaster to affect that island. The third named storm, second hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, it ...
Hurricane Charley was the second hurricane to threaten the East Coast of the United States within a year's timeframe, after Hurricane Gloria of 1985. [1] The third tropical storm and second hurricane of the season, Charley formed as a subtropical low on August 13 along the Florida panhandle.
On August 13, 2004, Charley made landfall near the island of Cayo Costa in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane before ripping through the Florida Peninsula, leaving 15 people dead in its wake and ...
Charley was part of the infamous 2004 hurricane season, which also saw Hurricanes Jeanne, Frances, and Ivan batter the state. Ivan made landfall in the Florida Panhandle after crossing the Gulf of ...
The 1986 Atlantic hurricane season was a very inactive season that produced 10 depressions, 6 named storms, 4 hurricanes, and no major hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, 1986, and lasted until November 30, 1986. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
August 17–18, 1951 – Hurricane Charlie is considered as Jamaica’s deadliest natural disaster of the 20th century. As it made landfall as a high-end Category 3 hurricane, heavy rainfall peaked up to 17 in (430 mm) in the capital city of Kingston. [43] And wind gusts peaked to near 125 mph (201 km/h). [44]
Hurricane Isabel, one of the most significant storms to affect the region, on September 18, 2003. Since 1950, 144 known hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions have affected the U.S. state of Maryland. Many of these storms also affect the country's capital, Washington, D.C., since the city is located on territory ceded by Maryland.