Hurricane Jeanne Makes Landfall Near Stuart With 120 Mph Winds, 6 Florida Deaths Reported; Florida’s 4th Hurricane Leaves Damage, 2 Million In Dark; Damage Estimate At $4-$8 Billion; Death Toll At 1,500 In Haiti, 900 Missing
Image (right): National Weather Service radar, 12:39 a.m. EDT Sunday. Current image
Quick Summary: Hurricane Jeanne made landfall at 11:50 p.m. EDT Saturday at the southern end of Hutchinson Island — 5 miles southeast of Stuart, and within walking distance of Sewalls Point, where Hurricane Frances made landfall exactly three weeks ago. Jeanne made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph maximum sustained winds. Reports from Florida include six deaths, flooding, roof and mobile home damage, downed trees and power lines, and more than 1.1 million homes and businesses without power. Jeanne is now nearing southern Georgia as a tropical storm and is expected to move east of Atlanta before heading up to North Carolina by Tuesday. Current watches/warnings here
Hurricane Jeanne Stories:
- MSNBC: Jeanne Kills 6 In Florida; Downgraded To Tropical Storm; Hits Florida With 120 Mph Winds; 1.1 Million Without Power | Jeanne’s Death Toll In Haiti At 1,500; At Least 900 Still Missing; 300,000 Homeless (Image slideshow inside story)
- Reuters: Damage Estimated at $4-$8 Billion | Jeanne Floods Florida, Peels Roofs Off Houses; 2 Million Without Power | Jeanne Batters Bahamas
- AP: Jeanne Could Leave Millions Without Power For Weeks | 3 Million Told To Flee | Gov. Jeb Bush: ‘I know people are frustrated. They’re tired of all this’ | Desperate Residents In Haiti Attack Each Other For Food | Northern Bahamas Hit Hard
- USA Today: Jeanne Makes Landfall Near Stuart
- PalmBeachPost.com: Complete Coverage
- WPBF-TV 25, West Palm Beach: Assault On Florida Under Way
- WKMG-TV 6, Orlando: Jeanne Pummels Central Florida With Wind, Rain
- WTVJ-TV 6, Miami: Flood Watch In Effect For All Of South Florida; Single State Hasn’t Been Hit By 4 Hurricanes In Single Season Since Texas In 1886 (Many images in left column)
- AP/WJXT-TV 4, Jacksonville: Tropical Storm-Force Winds To Reach North Florida Late Sunday
- AP/WNCN-TV 17, Raleigh: Jeanne May Hit N.C. As Tropical Depression
- Palm Beach Daily News: Yom Kippur Dilemma Amid Jeanne
- NPR Audio: Jeanne Couldn’t Make Up Its Mind
- Google News: More articles
Hurricane Jeanne Streaming Media:
- Live Streaming Video: NOTE: Most ended live coverage Sunday evening
- WPEC-TV 12, West Palm Beach (In center column)
- WPBF-TV 25, West Palm Beach
- WPTV-TV 5, West Palm Beach (In center column)
- WFOR-TV 4, Miami (In center column)
- WTVJ-TV 6, Miami (Opens new window; Windows Media, broadband only)
- WSVN-TV 7, Miami
- WESH-TV 2, Orlando
- WKMG-TV 6, Orlando
- WFTV-TV 9, Orlando
- Streaming Doppler Radar: WTSP-TV 9, Tampa
- Live Streaming Audio: WFLA-TV 8, Tampa (In right column) | WFLA-AM 970, Tampa (Top right)
- WNJO-AM 1290, West Palm Beach (Link in left column)
- WDBO-AM 580, Orlando (In left column)
- WOKV-AM 690, Jacksonville (In left column)
- WIOD-AM 610, Miami (In left column)
- Find all streaming radio stations by city at Radio-Locator.com (AM News/Talk format best bet).
Hurricane Jeanne Images:
Image (left): NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft flying inside the eye of Hurricane Jeanne on Sept. 22, 2004. Courtesy NOAA. More images and information on Jeanne’s eyewall
Satellite Images: Satellite Imagery Of Jeanne | Intellicast Satellite Loop | Still Image
Radar Images: National Weather Service Miami Radar Loop | Central Florida Radar Loop | Tampa Area Loop | Florida’s Panhandle/Georgia Loop | Wunderground Regional Radar | Many additional satellite and radar images by city
Photos: Jeanne’s Eyewall: Images/Info From NOAA | WTVJ-TV 6, Miami: Image Slideshows of Jeanne, Ivan, Frances, Charley (All in right column box) | Jeanne Slams Into Coast (Opens in new window) | Central Florida Images (Opens in new window) | Chopper 6 Images (Opens in new window) | Relief Efforts Under Way In Haiti (Opens in new window) | Flooding Kills Hundreds In Haiti (Opens in new window) | MSNBC: Jeanne’s Death Toll Climbs (Slideshow inside main image)
Live Webcam Images: West Palm Beach | Orlando | Jacksonville | Miami | Tampa | Florida’s Panhandle | Savannah/SE Georgia | Atlanta/Central Georgia | All U.S. Cities By State
Interactive: Hurricane Tracker (Opens in new window)
Image (left): Courtesy NOAA. Jeanne’s 5-day projected track as of 11 p.m. EDT Sunday. Image links to big version of latest track
Image (lower right) Courtesy NOAA. Infrared satellite image of Hurricane Jeanne at 11:15 p.m. EDT Saturday. Additional satellite imagery of Jeanne
Tropical Storm Jeanne Stats: As of the Tropical Prediction Center‘s 11 p.m. EDT Sunday public advisory:
- Maximum Sustained Winds: near 50 mph (down from 55 mph in 8 p.m. update)
- Movement: N near 14 mph (was NNW near 13 mph in last update)
- Location: Latitude 29.9 N Longitude 82.8 W, 35 miles WNW of Gainsville, Florida
- Minimum Central Pressure: 978 mb, 28.88 inches (unchanged from last update)
- Tropical Storm Force Winds Extend: 175 miles from center (unchanged from last update)
- Intensity Prediction: Continued weakening to tropical depression by Monday afternoon
- Rainfall Totals In Path: 4 to 8 inches, with isolated higher amounts
- Notes: The latest 5-day projected track suggests Jeanne will move up central Georgia and toward the Carolinas as a tropical depression by Tuesday.
Watches & Warnings: National Weather Service U.S. Map | South Florida | East-Central Florida | NE Florida/SE Georgia | West-Central Florida | Florida Panhandle | Northern/Central Georgia
From the Tropical Prediction Center‘s 11 p.m. EDT Sunday public advisory:
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ON THE FLORIDA GULF COAST WEST OF APALACHICOLA AND SOUTH OF ANCLOTE KEY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. — A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM NORTH OF COCOA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER…AND ON THE GULF COAST FROM ANCLOTE KEY NORTHWARD TO APALACHICOLA.
Jeanne-Related Closings: See our pages for the following areas: West Palm Beach, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa
Florida Shelters List: All Florida Shelters from EOConline.org
Help Hurricane Victims: American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army | FEMA | FloridaDisaster.org Jamaica Victims Help: Jamaica Impact, Inc. (JAMPACT)
Hurricane Jeanne Blog Coverage:
- CapitalWeather.com
- WeatherUSA.net Blog
- Tampa Bay Online Blogging Jeanne
- flhurricane.com
- Moreweather.com Atlantic Tropical Weather Page
- WeatherBug
- WeatherBlog
- On The Third Hand: List of Bloggers At The Scene
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Sunday: 1. Orlando 2. West Palm Beach 3. Tampa 4. Jacksonville 5. Miami …
… and Top 5 for Saturday (no surprises here): 1. West Palm Beach 2. Miami 3. Orlando 4. Jacksonville 5. Tampa … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.
Florida Awaits Jeanne
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