Punta Gorda Florida

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Satellite image of Hurricane Charley as it approaches the western coast of Florida.

An image taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) overhead satellite shows Hurricane Charley, taken at 2:15 p.m. EDT on August 13, 2004. Hurricane Charley slammed Florida's west coast with winds of 145 mph (233 kph) on Friday, striking south of populous Tampa and threatening to swamp the vulnerable shore with a 15-foot (4.6 meter) tidal surge. The approach of the rare and powerful Category 4 storm, the second strongest on the hurricane intensity scale, prompted evacuation orders for nearly 2 million people, shut down Disney World's central Florida theme parks and sent U.S. warships out to sea. Blamed for four deaths in Jamaica and Cuba, Charley threatened to swamp seaside buildings from the tourist islands of Sanibel and Captiva, off the southwest coast, to downtown Tampa.
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