Live Footage of Hurricane Charley (part 1)

This part 1 of my live footage of Hurricane Charley which struck the southwest Florida peninsula on Friday, August 13, 2004. Charley came in and the National Hurricane Center in Miami forecasted the storm to move north and make landfall in the Tampa Bay area. However, as with other hurricanes, they seem to have a mind of their own and Charley was no exception. Charley made a turn and was moving toward Sanibel Island near Fort Myers and then veered away at the last minute, but still caused extensive damage in Lee County, including Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, Pine Island, Fort Myers Beach, Cape Coral, Fort Myers and the communities to the south of Fort Myers all the way down to almost Naples. However, the worst damage caused by the storm occurred in Charlotte County, which include the cities of Punta Gorda, which was especially hard hit, Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte. Charley moved up the peninsula and continued to caused extensive damage in parts of De Soto, including the city of Arcadia, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Osceola, Orange (the greater Orlando metro area), Seminole, Brevard, and Volusia counties, before it moved offshore in the Daytona Beach area. Charley was a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph when it made landfall in Lee and Charlotte Counties. Unfortunately, Charley wasn't the only hurricane to impact the state of Florida that year. Florida was also impacted by Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Florida would be impacted by three more hurricanes the following season in 2005; Dennis, Katrina and Wilma.

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