What type of damage is Hurricane Fay spreading in Florida?
NAPLES, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida’s southwest coast early Tuesday, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane. Streets were largely deserted in the early morning hours in Naples, where police had a curfew in place. Rain swept across desolate streets that were littered with palm fronds and other minor debris, and there was street flooding in spots but no immediate reports of storm surge damage. Fay never achieved hurricane status as long forecast, and most businesses opted to go without any shutters or other window protection. Of those that did, some plywood carried messages aimed at major storms from the past — “Pop Off Charley” and “Oh Wilma!” among them. Sources: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,405186,00.
Published: Aug 16, 2008 Hurricane Fay Expected: Tropical Storm To Strengthen, Threaten Florida by Mitch Marconi Hurricane Fay? Tropical Storm Fay has now emerged off the west coast of Haiti and is moving westward away from the island of Hispaniola. This will provide the storm an opportunity to strengthen into Hurricane Fay. A lack of strong wind shear will aid in the intensification so Fay is expected to strengthen to a Hurricane. At 11 a.m. EST, Fay was located about 95 miles west-northwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti, and about 130 miles southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba. The storm is moving west near 15 mph. Tropical storm force winds of 45 mph, with higher gusts, extend up to 105 miles from the center of the storm. For now, the primary threat will be life threatening flash floods and mudslides in Hispaniola, spreading across parts of eastern and southern Cuba later today through Sunday as Fay is expected to dump 5 to 10 inches of rain. Tropical storm warnings remain in effect in Haiti, th
