pagetop
Asian Disaster Reduction Center(ADRC)
Disaster Information
TOP PAGEDisaster Information > Details of Disaster Information

United States of America (the): Hurricane: 2004/08/13 Country Information on DRR

Period 2004/08/13
Country or District United States of America (the)
Event Type Hurricane
Outline A hurricane has killed 13 people in Florida and caused damage estimated to cost billions of dollars.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

Related Links

Report/Articles

CNN News 2004/08/17
State officials said most of the 19 people whose deaths were blamed on the storm died afterward in traffic accidents or from heart attacks.

Reuters 2004/08/16
The death toll for the fiercest storm to hit Florida in 12 years climbed to 17, Florida emergency officials said, but it looked like the final total would not be as high as originally feared.

Reuters 2004/08/13
Tens of thousands of people have fled Florida's west coast as Hurricane Charley charges toward land with powerful 110 mph (177 kph) winds threatening to whip up a 14-foot (4.3-metre) storm surge.

BBC News 2004/08/15
A hurricane has killed 13 people in Florida causing damage estimated to cost billions of dollars.