| Event: | TC Tropical Cyclone |
| Number: | 2004-000158 |
| Country: | USA United States |
| Location: | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York |
| Date (YMD): | 2004-9-6 |
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| Information Source: | SHELDUS
NOAA
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWS-TPC-5.pdf)
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004frances.shtml)
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004frances.shtml) |
| Comments: | Hurricane Frances made landfall in east-central Florida as a category 2 storm. It caused significant wind, storm surge, and flooding damage in Florida, along with considerable flood damage in the states of Georgia, New York, North Carolina, and South Carolina (5-15 inch rains). NOAA reports damages of $8.9 billion. Frances is directly responsible for seven deaths - five in Florida, one in the Bahamas, and one in Ohio. Three deaths were caused by wind, two by storm surge, one by freshwater flooding, and one by lightning. The hurricane is indirectly responsible for 42 deaths - 32 in Florida, 8 in Georgia, 1 in the Bahamas, and 1 in Ohio. The American Insurances Service Group reports that Frances causes $4.43 billion in damage to insured property in the United States, with $4.11 billion occurring in Florida. |
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