Hurricane Charley (2004)

-------------------- Update: 10:20 a.m. State officials announced today that a new disaster recovery center will open in Lake Wales. Secretary of Elder Affairs Terry White said state officials also are moving some elderly residents out of their damaged...

As Floridians faced their second week of living with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, hundreds of thousands spent their eighth night without electricity, and the hurricane's death toll and cost estimates of the cleanup continued to climb. Statewide,...

Read from the last page forward to see an archive of developments in chronological order as reported by Sentinel staff. 5:03 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 After Charley, my downtown Orlando neighborhood went eight days without power. I have to admit, part...

As the second hurricane in less than a month bore down on Florida last fall, a federal consultant predicted a "huge mess" that could reflect poorly on President Bush and suggested that his re-election staff be brought in to minimize any political...

In the hours after Hurricane Charley tore through Central Florida, we were neighbors. Now we are rivals. We are aggravated that the grocery store got one shipment of ice and, instead of rationing, allowed some customers to walk out with entire cartfuls....

Power companies Sunday restored electricity to one in five customers left in the dark by Hurricane Charley, but nearly 1 million Central Florida residents faced the prospect of a cold shower -- if they had running water -- before returning to work this...

The number of customers without power in Orange County was incorrectly reported in earlier versions of this story. Also, Sand Lake Hospital did not evacuate. Central Florida residents woke to a landscape of downed trees, torn roofs and the prospect of...

A Volusia County businessman has been arrested on charges that he was selling generators at highly inflated prices and misleading buyers about how many appliances they could power. Gary D. Altman Sr., 60, was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of...

For two months, elected leaders from Tallahassee to Washington have demanded investigations while expressing outrage that Miami-Dade County residents may have fraudulently collected millions in Hurricane Frances aid. But no one shut off the pipeline....