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In Punta Gorda, 100 miles south of Tampa, residents woke Thursday to find Milton’s fierce winds and storm surge were powerful enough to deposit large sailboats on front lawns. The city, perched ...
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday night, packing 120 mph winds as a Category 3 storm and bringing a new wave of destruction to an area already reeling from the ravages ...
Downtown Punta Gorda 'decimated' after 2 hurricanes, mayor says. The residents of Punta Gorda were just getting a handle on wreckage from Hurricane Helene when Milton threw everything back into chaos.
August 13 – Hurricane Charley struck southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest landfall in the continental United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Its eye crossed Cayo Costa and later the mainland at Punta Gorda, before crossing the state with much of its intensity retained. A wind gust of 173 mph (278 km/h) was ...
PUNTA GORDA – OCTOBER 10: In this aerial view, a boat rests in a street after it was washed ashore when Hurricane Milton passed through the area on October 10, 2024, in Punta Gorda, Florida.
The worst of the floods in the county occurred near Lake Center and in parts of Kissimmee and St. Cloud. [91] Most neighborhoods in Orlando were flooded as many of the city's numerous lakes overflowed, with the city receiving 14 in (360 mm) of rain. About 250 people were rescued. [93] Heavy rain led to severe flooding in a Disney World resort ...
June 30, 1991- A tropical depression which later becomes Tropical Storm Ana moves over southeastern Florida and exits near Jacksonville, dropping light to moderate rainfall peaking at 7.86 inches (200 mm) in Punta Gorda.
Here is what experts recommend Florida property owners do when filing claims for hurricane damage. ... The 86-year-old Punta Gorda resident and her cat evacuated to a friend’s house on Sept. 26 ...