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Massive Ferrari "Barn Find" Features 20 Cars Lost In Hurricane Charley

The Ferraris were relocated to a warehouse near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after suffering hurricane damage in 2004.

Motor1 · Jun 10, 2023

Hurricane Ian highlighted the vulnerabilities of older mobile homes

Mobile homes built before 1994 can't withstand the kind of ferocious winds of a major hurricane. In Florida, there are thousands of these older homes that crumble during big storms like Ian

WEKU · Oct 9, 2022

15 Years Later: Looking Back At Hurricane Charley, The First In A ‘nightmare’ Hurricane Season For Florida

Fifteen years ago, destructive Hurricane Charley made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane along the Florida Gulf coastline on Aug. 13, 2004.

Zenger · Oct 4, 2022

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida with ‘catastrophic’ winds and surge

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Cayo Costa, an island off the coast of Fort Myers, at 3 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

Miami Herald · Sep 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian, even before landfall, already causing ‘catastrophic’ damage to Florida

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian, with landfall still hours away, was already “causing catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding” in southwest Florida early Wednesday afternoon, the beginning of what promised to be a damaging path across the peninsula.

Miami Herald · Sep 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian dwarfs devastating Hurricane Charley

TAMPA, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian grew into a monster storm on Wednesday, it drew troubling comparisons to Hurricane Charley, which devastated Charlotte County in 2004, and one disturbing difference.

Tribune News Service · Sep 28, 2022

Ian now a ‘monstrous’ Cat 4 hurricane, and forecast to make Florida landfall soon

MIAMI — Ian strengthened early Wednesday into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane, with 155 mph winds just a tick below Cat 5 strength and a wind field that covered almost half of the state. The hurricane is forecast to whip most of Florida with catastrophic winds, flooding rain and…

Miami Herald · Sep 28, 2022