Punta Gorda Florida

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People search for belongings after Hurricane Charley devastated Punta Gorda in Florida.

Doris (L) and Jim Johansson, who have lived in a trailer park in Punta Gorda, Florida for nine years, look for their belongings August 14, 2004 after Hurricane Charley destroyed their neighborhood. Across storm-struck southwest Florida, dazed residents emerged Saturday morning from damaged homes or returned from public shelters to find their lives turned inside out by Hurricane Charley, which struck Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Fort Myers with ferocious 145 mph (233 kph) winds and a flooding 15-foot (4.5-meter) storm surge. Hurricane Charley battered multimillion-dollar houses on exclusive islands off southwest Florida, prompting an initial damage estimate of $3 billion in one county alone, an official said Saturday. REUTERS/Marc Serota
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