Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
For Central Florida, the worst part of the 2008 hurricane season wasn't even a hurricane. Tropical Storm Fay drenched the region in late August, causing nearly $80 million in damages.
news | OS | http://www.ocala.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
These scenes summed up the worst of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which comes to a close today.
Sixteen named storms formed during the six-month season, with eight tropical storms and eight hurricanes, five of which were major hurricanes whose winds exceeded 110 mph.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
It's been more than three months since Tropical Storm Fay drenched Central Florida, leaving a trail of flooded homes and washed-out roads. The water's gone, but as the hurricane season concludes, disrupted families are still trying to figure out what to do with their unlivable, moldy homes.
Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A devastating 2008 hurricane season ended Sunday in Cuba, with five storms directly affecting the island: Hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna. Total damage was estimated at US $10 billion, dealing a sharp blow to the island's economy. A massive recovery effort is underway nationwide.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
This year's season saw 16 named storms, eight of which were hurricanes. Five of those hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. State officials say the most devastating storm was Tropical Storm Fay, which resulted in 15 deaths, just in Florida. The storm caused 41 counties to be declared federal disaster areas.
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Despite a few close calls and a drenching from Tropical Storm Fay, Florida escaped the season mostly unscathed. In the Tampa Bay area, this makes it three seasons in a row without tropical storm damage — after two emotionally draining hurricane seasons in 2004 and ‘05.Our Caribbean neighbors were less fortunate, with Cuba and Haiti getting pounded by a succession of major...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Hurricane season comes to endMIAMI -- Sunday marks the final official day of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.This year's season saw 16 named storms, eight of which were hurricanes. Five of those hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. State officials say the most devastating storm was Tropical Storm Fay, which resulted in 15 deaths, just in Florida. The...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Forget about cones of danger, storm shutters and supply kits -- for six months, anyway. The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Sunday.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday and will pass with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea, however, would have a different view of this year's season. For the third year in a row, Florida escaped a hurricane. Only Tropical Storm Fay hit – again and again – though West Central Florida saw little of the torrential rain Fay hosed on the rest...
