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Hurricane Charley,

2004Bocancea Simona-RoxanaErasmus Student

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Contents:1. Introduction

2. Catastrophic episode description

3. Economic and Social Impacts ofHurricane Charle

!. Ris" mana#ement

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1. Introduction:

-Hurricane Charle $as cate#ori%ed as aCategory 4 hurricane on the Safr-Simpson Hurricane Scale & the NationalHurricane Center '( )ropical Cclone Report*Hurricane Charle* +-1! ,u#ust 2! - /HC*0cto&er 2!*

Charle deeloped from a tropical wave that

moed o the coast o Arica on August 4,2004.

)he $ae moed rapidl across the ,tlantic0cean* and deeloped steadil.

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Map of the Best Track positions forHurricane Charley, August 9-14, 2004 uente! http!""###$n#s$noa

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2 Catastrophic episo!e !escription

"n # August while locate! $%& 'm'114mi south-southeast o (ar)a!os,thesystem strengthene! to )ecome atropical !epression

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It continued into the Cari))ean Seaand

&ecame *ropical Storm Charleythe nextda '1 ,u#ust

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- A strong ri!ge o high pressure cause!the storm to turn northwest as it)ecame Hurricane Charley on $$ August*a&out 1!4 "m '+ mi south o +ingston*

amaica

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*he hurricane intensi.e! to Category 2

strength ater passing 24 'm '14 minortheast o /ran! Cayman slan!.',u#ust*12

*he hurricane strengthene! to Category 1status6ust )eore ma'ing lan!alloverwestern Cu)a earl on $1 August $ithsustained $inds of $#1 'mh '12 mph.

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- )he hurricane crossed the island* passin# 1+"m '12 mi west o !owntown Havana

- ,fter exitin# Cu&a* Hurricane Charle turnednorth northwest* accelerated* and rapidlintensi7ed.

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- Charley then turne! more to thenortheast reachin# Category 4status$ith $inds of 24$ 'mh '14 mph.

- )he hurricane made a second landfall at

Category 4stren#th on Captivaslan!'on 13 ,u#ust

- )he eyestruc" 8unta 9orda* ; an hourlater $ith deastatin# results.

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- *he hurricane e3ite! lori!a 5ust two hourslater near

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*he hurricane move! o7shore an! then cameashore again a ew hours later near North8yrtle (each* $ith $inds of $2$ 'mh '>4 mph

*he storm then )egan interacting with anupper level and $as !owngra!e! to a tropicalstorm.

t move! )ac' into the Atlantic "cean near?ir#inia Beach* on $& August an! )ecamee3tratropical

Charley )ecame ully a)sor)e! )y the coast

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3 9conomic an! Social mpacts o HurricaneCharley,2004

a: lori!a;- 2< !ea! people

- po$er "noc"ed out oer 2 million

- %0= o the )uil!ings in southwest country were!estroye!

- one thir! o all the schools in Charlotte Countwere !emolishe!

- > .re stations were ruine!

- total !emages rom Hurricane Charley in the

?nite! States $as estimated to &e 14.!A &illion

- the storm dama#ed one-third of the statesoran#e #roes. )he loss to the citrus crop $asestimated at @$&0 million

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Source;

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&: Cu)a;

- 4 people 'ille! an! our others in5ure!- at least 4$ )uil!ingsin Haana collapse!

- more than 200,000 people $ere evacuate!in western an! central Cu)a

- the nations agriculture in!ustry wascritically hit with the loss o $&,000 tons ograperuit an! !estruction o &

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c: amaica;- one person death

- Doodin# left impass&le and su&mer#ed crops inthe southern a#ricultural re#ion

!: North Carolina;- relatiel little dema#e $as reported* mostl

in the northeastern corner of the state

- a&out 1* customers lost po$er

- Dooded roads* dema#ed homes and do$nedpo$er lines

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!: South Carolina; - 9rand Strand resort area $as eacuated andnearl emptied of $%0,000 tourists an!resi!ents

- a&out >&,000 customers lost power

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4 Bis' management;

- militar* media and man other #oernment and non-#oernment a#encies $or"ed $ell to#ether to protect thepu&lic

- sta had eas access to an Intranet-&ased hurricaneoperations plan* $hich had a decision-assistance Do$ chartand $or"sheet.

- Fiami conducted numerous interie$s for the Spanishmedia in Spanish. )he proided Spanish lan#ua#etranslations to local users

- ?arious methods $ere used to reduce the time information - forecast a#encies proided a constant Do$ of informationto their users throu#h issuin# Seere eather Statements

- Red Cross and other non-#oernmental a#encies haeproided support to the population

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Bi&lio#raph:

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