The first was Hurricane Charley, smacking into the southern peninsula near Port Charlotte on Aug. 13 ... which mitigated some of the potential damage. But Floridians were caught off-guard by ...

A 5.4-acre property in downtown Punta Gorda that was destroyed when Hurricane Charley whipped ... Punta Gorda for years after Charley devastated the Charlotte County city in August 2004, but ...