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Hurricane Charley - US & Caribbean
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Catastrophe Report 6
July 21, 2004 - February 18, 2005 |
Hurricane Frances- US and Caribbean
| Territory: |
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US and Caribbean |
| Region: |
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Bahamas and US (Florida) |
| Date: |
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25 August – 9 September, 2004 |
| Event: |
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Hurricane |
| Impact: |
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A 3 – 5 m storm surge brought flooding
to much of the Bahamas, with wind speeds of up to 165 kph causing
damage to hundreds of houses and knocking out power across the
islands. Grand Bahama airport was closed due to flooding and
three lives were lost. In Florida, Frances brought widespread
damage to coastal properties, boats and marinas, and cut power
to more than six million people. Over 30 cm of rain caused extensive
flooding and erosion. Winds also stripped around a thousand
panels from the Space Shuttle Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape
Canaveral. Total death toll for the storm is estimated at 39.
Economic and insured losses are set, respectively, at US$ 8.5
billion and US$ 4.7 billion. Insured losses for the US alone
are estimated at US$ 4.1 billion. |
| Summary: |
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Hurricane Frances transformed from a tropical
depression to a tropical storm on 25 August and achieved hurricane
strength the following day, while still located in the central
tropical Atlantic. Frances continued to strengthen as it tracked
westwards, passing 200 km north of Puerto on 31 August as a
category 4 storm with maximum sustained wind speeds of 224 kph.
On 1 September, Frances skirted the south-eastern Bahamas and
Turks and Caicos Islands, before heading north-westward and
weakening to a category 3 storm. Weakening continued as Frances
crossed the NW Bahamas on 3 and 4 September, before making landfall
as a category 2 storm on 5 September at Sewall’s Point,
55 km north of West Palm Beach. Frances weakened to a tropical
storm as it crossed the state and maintained this status as
it passed into the Gulf of Mexico on 6 September and made its
final landfall near St. Marks, in the Florida panhandle. |
| Data sources: |
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National Hurricane Centre
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Insurance Journal
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2004/09/28/46332.htm
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| Additional sources:
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Additional sources: Munich Re.
http://www.munichre.com/
Florida Insurance Council
http://www.flains.org/public/hc_keyfacts930.html-ssi |
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