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By Times Staff Writer
Published August 16, 2004

* 16: Confirmed deaths. The Florida Highway Patrol attributed a 17th death,

a traffic fatality early Sunday, to a motorist who hit downed trees in the road.

* $5-BILLION TO $11-BILLION: Estimated damage

to insured homes.

* 21: Shelters open in De Soto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole and Volusia counties.

* 2,315: Number of people in those shelters Sunday.

* 2: Hospitals closed Sunday.

* 4: Disaster medical assistance teams, each with 35 to 50 medical professionals, deployed to provide primary and urgent care.

* 985,000: People without power Sunday.

* 52: Mobile canteens serving the stricken area Sunday.

* 52,000: Instant meals served by those canteens Sunday.

* 880,000: Pounds of ice delivered

to the area. More than 3-million pounds en route.

* 60: Semitrailers containing cots, blankets, meals, portable toilets, wash kits and other necessities sent to the stricken area.

* 25: Counties declared disaster areas by federal officials.

* 10,000: Number of people for whom the Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested catastrophic housing.

* 13-15 FEET: Size of storm surge when Charley came ashore.

* 31: Number of mobile home parks in Charlotte County that sustained major damage.

* 250,000: Number of structures in Lee County that sustained damage of any kind.

* 659: Law enforcement officers deployed to the area.

* 4,187: National Guard troops deployed.

* 400: Approximate number of complaints that came in to the state's toll-free price-gouging hotline as of Sunday.

* 33: Approximate percentage of the oranges grown in Florida that are grown in the counties hit by Charley.

* 23: Number of hurricanes that caused damage of more than $1-billion, adjusted for inflation, during the 20th century.

* 1,197: Miles of coastline in Florida.

* 106: Days left until the end of hurricane season.

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