There was the potential for catastrophic damage along Florida's heavily populated east coast, with warnings that damages from Frances could exceed the insured losses of Early during the morning of September 2, hurricane watches were extended southward to Craig Key. The Family Islands were surveyed on September 5 and 6, when it was noted that major damage occurred within the island group. <> Frances was a Cape Verde-type hurricane that reached a peak intensity of category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. On the morning of September 4, tropical storm warnings were extended northward to Early on morning of September 5, hurricane warnings were downgraded to tropical storm warnings south of The economic effect was felt early, as the storm struck during The total civilian damage from Frances was determined to be approximately US$8.86 billion (2004 dollars). NWS Miami radar animation from Sept 4th and 5th. Moving under the base of the subtropical ridge, it moved westward for several days, remaining disorganized despite favorable conditions. endobj Good upper-level outflow was observed in all but the eastern quadrants as the depression continued on its path, and it strengthened to tropical storm status … Hurricane Frances strengthened and at 5 p.m. Friday, August 27, the NHC’s twelfth advisory upgraded Frances to a Category 3 (major) hurricane. <>>> Western sections of Grand Bahama Island remained without power into Hurricane Jeanne, which was the most significantly impacted island. Add in the estimated US$100 million damage (2004 dollars) done to space and military facilities at About 75% of the island chain lost power for a few hours during the storm. %���� A strong tropical wave moved off the west coast of The tropical storm, now named Frances, further intensified on August 26 in an environment of low vertical Frances moved slowly, between 5 to 10 miles per hour (8.0 to 16.1 km/h), as it crossed the warm A tropical storm watch was issued for Frances for the Leeward Islands during the afternoon of August 29, which was upgraded to a warning that night and expanded to include the islands of Early on the morning of August 31, tropical storm warnings were dropped for Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, and St. Kitts while hurricane watches were issued for the southeast Bahamas as well as the On the evening of September 1, hurricane warnings were issued for the northwest Bahamas while hurricane watches were issued for the lower east coast of Florida and tropical storm watches were issued for the Florida Keys. For other storms of the same name, see The Commonwealth of the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004). Telecommunications were restored to most of the island chain within 24 hours. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> <> September 2018 erreichte Florence die Stärke ein… On September 4, teams from the Ministry of Works, the Department of Environmental Health Services, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Royal Bahamas Police Force were used to clear roadways of tree debris while utilities attempted to restore power and water in New Providence.

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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (2004). The center was located approximately 19 miles east-southeast of Stuart, Florida.