2004 damage reports
These reports are not to be intended for up to the minute information, rather for future reference

Hurricane Jeanne Sept 14th-27th Florida 115mph Martin county (U.S deaths as of 9/28=6) Palm bch countyMany trees down & 1 million without power.Jupiter Inlet colony residents lost roofs & overhangs.Many screen eclosures collapsed.
Martin countyeye passes over with moderate damage
Indian river countySevere road damage reported along barrier island roadways. Roof tarps seen shredding. Indian River Boulevard nearly impassible for long stretches due to heavy flooding.Powerlines dangling. The county's sheriff's office lost most of its roof. Many businesses that were storage units, warehouses or airport hangars were completely destroyed, consistent with what would be seen with a Category 3 hurricane.
St Lucie countySome roofs blown off homes,many mobile homes damaged.School officials reported that schools suffered more severe damage during Hurricane Jeanne than Hurricane Frances. There are 6 school cafeterias with significant roof damage.St. Lucie County International Airport has experienced severe damage. Access to both North and South Hutchinson islands has been cut by damage to bridges and I-95 southbound is closed near the Okeechobee Boulevard by a truck entangled in power lines. The Coast Guard has confirmed damage to the bridge railing where a car was seen going into the Indian River Lagoon Saturday.
Bahamas Grand Bahamas IslIn 8 Mile Rock, the largest community on Grand Bahama Island, over 75 percent of the homes have suffered serious structural damage, with roofs partially or completely torn off. All shelters in 8 Mile Rock sustained structural damages and/or flooding. An unknown number of families were relocated and remain in shelters. The eastern half of the island has been cut off by storm surges and reports indicate significant flooding of homes, particularly along the coastline. In the city of Freeport on Grand Bahama Island, the airport was flooded but was reopened on Sunday. Abaco Island2004,Sept 25th Hurricane Jeanne eye passes over north part of Island. 2nd hit in 3 weeks as Jeanne hits with 115mph winds. Treasure Cay International airport. The facility has been extensively damaged by Hurricanes Jeanne and Frances. Flood waters rose to more than six feet in some areas and roofs were blown off of houses.
HaitiHeavy flooding has 1,900 killed with many missing as of 9/23,most flooding in NW sections
Dominican republic7 reported killed by floods.
Puerto ricoHeavy flooding & 2 killed. as Jeanne passes over with 70mph winds.Landslides have caused a large amount of damage to the exotic vegetation in the Caribbean National Forest, a rain forest known as "El Yunque," supervisor Pabo Cruz said. One Puerto Rican woman was killed Wednesday when winds flung her from a hammock and smashed her into a neighbor's house, and a man putting up storm shutters died when he fell from a roof, police said.
Dominican republic (10 dead)In Santo Domingo, a 4-month-old died when a landslide crushed part of her family's house, said Jose Luis German, spokesman for the country's National Emergency Committee. At least eight people were injured as trees toppled and floods struck parts of the east and northeast, officials said. Crashing waves pounded the north coast and winds battered trees. Hurricane Ivan Sept 7th-17th Final landfall Alabama 135mph (US death toll as of Sept 19th 11:00AM =49)
Viginia 40 tornadoes reported 25 homes destroyed.
MarylandTwo deathes from a tree that crashed into a home.
North Carolina Macon countyflood waters overturn trailer
South Carolina Oconee countyTrees & powerlines down with one tree down on home.
Saluda countyTornado touchdown near Andrew coleman road & hickory grove road.Damage to mobile home.Large Barn destroyed on hollywood school road.

Laurens countytornado in SE Laurens brings down some trees.
Georgia Elbert In Fortsonia many trees down & house damaged with 1 injured.
Franklin countyDamage at EMS station in Royston.Tornado causes tree to fall on car.
Cherokee countyNumerous homes & businesses flooded.
Madison countyTornado rips shingles off some homes.
Candler countyBarn destroyed debris in streets.
Rabun countyNumerous trees down near walhalla resulting in wide spread power outages.
Alabama Baldwin countyHeavy damage in most of county as eye moved in here.
MobileSome roof damage & sign damage but overall not as bad as the east side of Mobile Bay.
Gulfshores well after hurricane passes area 1.5 miles inland from Gulf still under water. Beach communities report heavy damage.At Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, two or three beachfront condominiums that collapsed into the sand as if struck by missiles were described as an unusual disaster by Abby Sallenger, an oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey. He said it was rare for condos to be brought down by the combined factors of storm surge, battering waves and winds that scoured foundations.
Orange beach Several of its condominium buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, dozens more lacked roofs, windows and siding
Florida Okaloosa countyHomes destroyed,streets underwater.Heavy beach damage.
Santa rosa countyReports high surge flooding. 8 yr old girl dies from falling tree.A quarter-mile section of eastbound Interstate 10 bridge over Escambia Bay connecting Santa Rosa and Escambia counties was missing; the westbound section of I-10 was damaged but still standing, semi truck trapped in debris with driver killed.A roughly 30-foot section is missing from Bob Sikes Bridge, which is the bridge from Gulf Breeze to Pensacola Beach. The Garcon Point Bridge and the Pensacola Bay Bridge were closed because of structural damage.Pensacola beach reports heavy damage to nearly half of homes..
Escambia county3 hospitals in Pensacola report damage.Most of the 70 schools sustained some damage. Reports of 70% of county under water at height of storm
Bay countyTornado touchdown kills 2 after hitting Restaurant in Panama city,200 plus homes heavily damaged.
Marion countyTornado hits Dunnellon one home destroyed.
Jackson countyTrailer park heavily damaged. 25 mobile homes destroyed. Commercial building destroyed, 6 cars destroyed.

Gulf countyTornado damage in Beacon hill.
Calhoun countyseveral mobile homes destroyed 4 fatalities.
Holmes county Tornado destroys home.
Mississippi BiloxiBiloxi memorial lost roof.
Lauderdale countyBuilding collapsed in downtown meridan damaging cars.Numerous trees powerlines & signs down. In Toomsuba tree fell on Church.
Lowndes countyNear columbus 50- large trees down 8 down on houses numerous powerlines down.
Jackson countyCashiers received significant damage,many trees down
Forrest county 70 trees down in the area of Hattiesburg.
Jones countystreet lights & munerous trees down
Clarke countyNumerous trees down
JasperNumerous trees down
Monroe18inch diameter tree blown down.
Lee county Antenna loaded with wires blows off house & electrocutes man.
Itawamba countytrees & powerlines down
Noxubee county1 man killed as tree falls on him
Lamar, countyOne tree destroys mobile home.
Louisiana Caribbean (Total dead as of sept 17th = 70) 155mph near Cayman Isl sept 12th
george townRoofs are flying off bldgs downtown, windows of the Tower bldg are smashed in, roof and doors of bank of America bldg are damaged or gone.
Grand CaymanReports coming in of heavy damage ,even to well built homes.

The government-run Radio Cayman is currently off the air as a result of damage to the building housing its studios, with floodwater 2 feet deep in the parking lot. According to Radio Cayman’s News Director. The hurricane force winds have torn roofs off and reportedly devastated homes, even in affluent, well-constructed neighborhoods.Vehicles parked in flood-prone areas are said to have “just disappeared.” 2 ft of water on runway at main airport.An estimated 80 percent of the roof of Queensgate House, a waterfront commercial office building on the south side of the capital overlooking the harbour, has been blown off.There were unconfirmed reports that the roof had blown off the Kirk Servistar Home Center on Eastern Avenue. 7,500 homes damaged badly.Two of the major supermarkets suffered severe damage and one, Kirk Supermarket, has been completely demolished. According to an eyewitness report, “It looks as though a bomb went off inside it.”Government has now revised its high estimate of homes damaged from 50 percent to 80 percent.
Prospect/Omega Bay area They have no leaves on any bush or tree they can see. The canal rose 8’ or more depositing their boats on the dock.

Jamaica Sept 10th-11th (15 dead as of 11:00PM ET sept 12th) 120mph in SW Caribbean,150mph near Jamaica
Portland point3 women a man & a baby as well as several others drowned in the storm surge.
Smokey Vale, St. Andrew (located in the hills near Kingston). Reports storm was terrifying. Observer stated that when he looks out to the flats below he sees major destruction all the way out to the coast.
Kingston 2 deaths reported thus far,many trees down some roof damage. In the height of the storm several heavily armed gangs of criminals were engaging the security forces in gun battles in Kingston, endangering the security forces' lives.The road to the airport was a muddy river strewn with refrigerators, downed trees, traffic lights. Downtown, 20-foot-tall trees were uprooted, some flung onto the roofs of cars. Porcelain tiles that decorated the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel were torn from the facade and smashed to shards. Airport reports no significant damage. 10 inches of rain as of saturday morning.
Mavis bank road past papine is totally blocked by downed power lines and posts. The cell phones are out.
Mobay Cornwall and Kingston KPH and Jubilee.Hospitals were damaged and patients had to be relocated
St. Thomasreports heavy damage
Windsornot one roof left, including the church which served as a shelter, people have nowhere to go and the winds and rain are pounding on. Almantown in Kingston is flat.
Old HarborA 10-year-old girl drowned and a woman was killed in the capital by a tree that struck here home.
Montego Baythe Barnett River overflowed its banks, putting some businesses four feet under water and flooding inland roads and farmlands. Drenching rain washed away the main northern coastal road, the A1, just outside Montego Bay.West guage shopping center roofs blown off businesses.
ClerendonFlooding & trees down. roofs off many buildings. woman & man die in cottage
SW Caribbean ArubaSouth coast beaches report erosion,Island fared well no major damage
St Vincent many homes damaged,many by storm surge.
St Lucia several homes lost roofs.
TobagoTwo schools in Tobago lost roofs.
Grenada90% of buildings heavily damaged.Widespread damage reported, 24 reported killed as of 9/9/04. Up to 75 convicts remained at large after about 150 of the prison's 325 inmates escaped when the storm damaged the prison. 60,000 out of the total 90,000 residents are homeless.
BarbadosAircraft hangar housing concord jet roof lifted off. 221 homes damaged,1 death reported
Hurricane Frances, Sept 2-6
Pennsylvania,& N.Y,Ohio,Maryland & West Virginia report heavy flooding from the remnance of Frances. Too many counties to note.
Virginia Augusta countyHeavy flooding
Fluvanna countyrte 63 & longacre rd mobile home demolished,roof off house & trees down.
North Carolina Robeson countyPower lines down,trees down,extensive structural damage.
South Carolina Anderson countytrees down & shelter damaged by possible tornado
Aiken countyTrees & powerlines down,Roof partially torn off house.
Candler county11 inches of rain
Chesterfield county2 miles south of Mcbee house collapsed with people inside.Mobile homes overturned.trees & powerlines down.
Georgia here are just some of the counties affected by Frances in Georgia
Cherokee countywidespread trees down trailor destroyed
Lamar countyNumerous trees & powerlines down
Putman countytrees & powerlines down
Carroll countyseveral trees & powerlines down
Douglas county10 trees down in the county
Johnson countynumerous trees & powerlines down
Dodge countywidespread trees & powerlines down
Peach countytrees & powerlines down
Montgomery countyseveral trees & powerlines down
Talbotseveral trees down,powerlines down, esp in box springs area.
Stewart countyseveral trees down on roads
Houston county15 trees down near hwy 96 & 41
Laurens countyseveral trees down in dublin & rentz
Monroe countynumerous trees & powerlines down.
Toombs countyseveral roads flooded
Wheeler countyseveral roads flooded.widespread trees & powerlines down
Emanual countysome creeks overflowing banks.two trees down
Treutlen countyone road flooded ,several creeks out of banks.
Dooly countyextensive number of trees & powerlines down
Brantley county12.80 inches of rain
Randolf countytrees & powerlines down
Decatur county trees & powerlines down
Thomas countynumerous trees & powerlines down
Barrien countyTrees & powerlines down
Grady countyLarge tree fell on mobile home several trees and powerlines down in Thomasville
Candler countywater across hwy 46 east.Trees down.
Stevens countyTrees down on powerlines.
Florida Clay county7 power boats,6 sailboats,1 houseboat destroyed & sunk by tornado.32 ft boat picked up and tossed.
Lafayette countysome trees & powerlines down countywide.
Jefferson countytrees & powerlines down
Leon countyNumerous trees & powerlines down. severaltrees on houses.
Wakulla countytrees & powerlines down countywide.
Taylor countyTrees & powerlines down countywide
Madison countytrees & powerlines down
Pinellas county3-25ft trees uprooted,light pole bent over
Hillsborough countyseveral large tree limbs come down in squall.
Sarasota countyLarge tree down in squall
Martin countyMartin memorial medical center suffered heavy water damage.County's mosquito control hangars were destroyed.Pinewood elementary school roof damaged.
Brevard countytree down at house on 810 cedar drive.fences down, damage to car.Cape canaveral Mercury redstone rocket tipped over.
Miami dade county 88,000 without power.
Broward county 242,000 without power. Davie a few mobile homes with minor damage. Cooper city 15 trees uprooted along sterling road.Pompano bch downed trees,roof damage est 60mph winds.
Volusia countyNew Smyrna bch, heavy damage to coastal condos.
Palm bch county610,000 without power.Riviera bch,Veterans affairs medical center hit hard. Palm bch gardens medical center some roof damage.JFK mediacenter facade blew in. Lake worth pier suffers heavy damage.,power plant suffered some damage. Delray bch fallen trees & downed power lines. Metal roof tiles flew hundreds of yards off the seagate hotel. Boca Raton 1 man dies while driving into canal. Loxahatchee,lion country safari many trees down. Wellington wide spread flooding. Lantana Avalon assisted living facility evacuated as part of roof blows off.
Hendry countyminor building damage
Glades county4 roofs blown off houses
St Lucie coFt Pierce K-Mart on virginia ave partially unroofed. Lady luck building collapsing into water. In Port St Lucie downed trees & roof damage. Ft Pierce marina boats ended up on top of eachother.Roof of sunrise theatre partially torn off. Some people taken to hospitals with injuries from falling debris. In Port st lucie siding peeled off trailers. Indian river co 3 to 4 mobile homes unroofed,numerous trees down.Wooden boardwalk on beach nowhere to be found.Vero bch

Bahamas Grand Bahama6 ft storm surge reported,many evacuated.1 man drowns in storm surge.Freeport Crowne plaza resort hotel glass windows blown out.
Turks & CaicosNumerous trees down.Minor roof damage to some homes along Whitby Beach. some roof damage, shingles, guttering, etc. On Providenciales, reports of two homes damaged but no one hurt or killed.There are about 10 utility poles down, but not major damage to the power grid.
Eleuthera IslandUnderstand Cookie[‘s garage] has sustained significant roof damage.Eye lasted 90 min in Governers Harbour. Governers reported worse winds after eye. Some roofs on Harbour are damaged, many trees down so far.Some roofs are gone and trees down but he was fine and so were his golf carts. The roof was off of the pre school.
NassauSome tree damages; report of 1 death: an 18-year-old boy who got electrocuted while trying to start a generator.
ExumaLooks like minor damage Island wide Shingles, trees. Little Exuma and they are without power but have phones..
Habour Island/eleuthera Many trees sustained damage. Roof damage throughout the island was reported, with maximum damage to the beach, as a lot of sand was reported to be washed out. Phones are still up. Not as bad as Andrew and Floyd at all.
San Salvador houses damaged in San Salvador, Island heavily hit Florida
Tropical storm Gaston Aug 29th 70mph, South Carolina
Charleston CountyNumerous trees & powerlines down.115,000 without power. Stacks of large cargo containers knocked down. One person hurt as tree falls on home. In Mcclellanville,Flooding on Jeremey creek road.Trees & powerlines are down on old Georgetown road. In mount pleasant hwy 41-- 6-12 inches of water on roadway.Cooper hall nursing home evacuated due to flooding. East cooper airport damaged by high winds.peak gust 73mph before equipment destroyed. In awendaw 1/3 of residents have roof & siding damage.In Charleston Gulf road closed due to downed powerlines.On Johns island the airport had 42 knots with one hangar door destroyed.
Berkeley county Numerous trees down & powerlines down.Numerous roads flooded in the SaintStephen & surrounding areas.Evacuations due to flooding in Stay Navy rec area.Flood waters entered 3 homes near hwy 45 & carolina road.
Dorchester county Trees & powerlines down. In summerville railroad arms are bent on Ladson road.Overall minimal property damage in county.
Florence countyLake city trees down on parked cars at apt complex.
Clarendon countyTree down on house on 4th st in Summerton. 7 inches of rain. In Manning 5.00 inches.
Williamsburg countyIn Kingstree 9.85 inches of rain. several roads flooded
DillonTrees & tombstones blown down by high winds.
OrangeburgIn Santee 3.60 inches of rain. North Carolina Marlboro countyIn Wallace several trees down.


HURRICANE CHARLEY
Data gathered within 2 days after landfall,not updated for current situation Jamaica 1 man killed during a rescue
Cuba landfall 110mph roof blown off homes,4 known dead as of 8/16 (110mph). Extensive flooding 95% loss of banana crops.
Florida landfall 145mph Port Charlotte,immdiately after landfall 2 million without power in the state.
Death toll as of 8/17/04 = 19

Ft Myers roof blown off post office. 7 to 10 ft storm surge reported.
Cape coralshingle damage.
De soto countyroof torn off with 1200 inside. Entire county reports heavy damage,
Captiva160 homes destroyed and an additional 160 damaged.
N Ft Myersmany trees down & shingles blown off
Charlotte county Extensive damage to airport.Numerous aircraft destroyed. 80% of mobile homes heavily damaged in Punta gorda
Volusia county tornado damage,roofs blown off.Roof blown off sunshine mall.Daytona bch FAA tower reported sustained winds at 86mph gusting to 97mph.
Lehigh acresLarge tree down,signs down,roof flew into house.
Hardee countyCatastropic damage numerous injuries.Hospital out of service.Mobile home parks destroyed.roof destroyed at hospital.
Polk countyLake wales hospital damaged and Nursing home collapsed.several mobile homes destroyed. Water tower collapses into power plant. In Bartow water tower blown into electric substations
Pinellas co Saint pete bch, 2 people struck by lightning Fatalaties unknown. Upham bch area 2 additional struck.
Lee countyshingle roof damage. Sanibel island reports heavy damage.250,000 homes damaged.
Orange co Orlando,Gusts to 105mph reported. Orlando international airport reports structural damage. 1 small child crushed by truck that fell on car.
Sarasota co 2 killed
Flagler coNumerous trees down all over county.Isolated structural damage with sun room destroyed at home on Florida park drive. City of Bunnell reports. Power outage near 50%,Isolated structural damage.
Collier co Marco Isl reports telephone poles down. Beaches report winds of 75mph. 84mph gusts measured before before data connection lost.
Glades countyBuckhead ridge, Numerous tree limbs down across roads. Most damage in west part of county.
Brevard co, ScottsmoorLarge trees uprooted, Damage to mobile homes.
Hendry coDevils garden, Tornado touchdown
Power lines & poles down. Minor roof damage to one home. Several large tree limbs broken off trees. Most damage in far west side of county.
Osceola coPower lines down,fire dept lost roof.
Levy co Chiefland,Tornado touchdown many trees down.
Pasco coNew port richie,numerous streets flooded. Highlands coNorth of Sebring powerlines down, tree through roof,60mph winds.Radio tower knocked down.
Georgia
Brunswick coLong bch,76mph roof blown off home. Bolivia, several pine trees down along hwy 17, Shallotte, numerous trees down.
South carolina
Horry coRoof damage to a motel
Berkeley coHuger, Cainhoy and Shulerville has trees reported down.
Charleston co trees down on rt 45 near Mcclelanville. Folly bch, power poles down. Isle of Palms trees down in various locations.Mount pleasant, trees down on US 17 ,A few awnings blown off homes.
North Carolina
Dare countyKitty hawk,Water spout minor roof damage of house.
Craven coNew Bern,, trees down between hwy17 and highway 43,vertical antenna blown down. Craven metal roof blown off covered walkway.
Onslow co60 to 70mph numerous trees down & power outages. I n Jacksonville trees upwards of 1 ft in diameter blown down.Swansboro trees & powerlines down.
Tyrrell coIn Columbia 1 Mobile home in Middle riverneck/ sound rd along with 1 ft diamter trees. In North Columbia 2 large fuel tanks turned over 2-3 buildings torn up.
Pitt co Winterville , A tornado destroyed a barn & numerous trees down.
Un-named storm hit May 24-25
HAITI 2,400 homes destroyed. Mapou, 30 miles SE of Port-Au-PrinceHundreds of bodies recovered & many buried under mudslides hundreds missing.
Fond Verrettes town under water many killed & missing.Rushing waters and mudslides swept away most homes in Fond Verrettes, leaving it looking like a barren riverbed with stunned residents wondering about and asking troops for help.
Grand Gosier,south100 bodies found 50 found elsewhere. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC over 400 bodies recovered,over 400 missing as or may 27th,13,000 homeless. Jimani,100 miles east of Santo Damingoentire town flooded.

Hurricane Alex hits August 3rd Outer banks,North Carolina 10,000 without power immediately after Alex Ocracoke Isl Numerous homes flooded from the sounds during wind shift. The Hyde County Sheriff, L.B. Johnson, says at least 300 cars were flooded out and close to 4000 tourists are stranded on Ocracoke Island. some roofs blown off. Pamlico Sound rose three feet in about 30 minutes Tuesday morning at Ocracoke. home | Live broadcast page