Reply #45: Here's a Canadian newspaper's report..

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At least 15 people were confirmed dead. As a weakened Charley churned into the Carolinas and was downgraded to a tropical storm, newly sunny skies revealed its destruction in Florida, where emergency officials pronounced it the worst to wallop the state since hurricane Andrew tore through in 1992.

The Category 4 storm is expected to cost Florida "at least several billion dollars," said Loretta Worters, spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute.

Ten deaths had been confirmed in Charlotte County, said Wayne Sallade, the county's director of emergency management but no exact death toll was available.
"It's Andrew all over again," Sallade said.

"We believe there's significant loss of life, he said, adding later: "I would hope that it would be limited to dozens, if that."
He said "thousands upon thousands of people" lost their homesend snips~

More at..
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=f4f4f628-f133-4bab-8475-8b52c91c3475