Hurricane Frances

By the numbers

Latest developments THE STORM Frances cripples Florida, keeps pounding away THE STORY IN PICTURES Frances photo galleries Riding out a hurricane: a narrated photo gallery ONLINE JOURNAL 'Darkness is in charge here' Related 10 News videos Frances still moving, warning area shrinks Hurricane Ivan continues rapid movement Frances helps send acidic phosphate sludge into creek near Tampa Resort changes policy to let guests bring pets Bay area suffers supply shortages Gov. Bush takes step to save gas supply Homeowners now must wait to settle insurance claims Q&A: After the storm passes, getting life back in order By the numbers Rains fall, water breaks; motel contains a midwife! Storm soaks Polk County, but 'Charley was a lot tougher' Live reports, dramatic footage fill bay area's televisions, radios Storming across Florida For pizzerias that opened, very busy day TAMPA BAY Bay area mainly withstands its latest scare Frances' squalls soak Pinellas Labor Day weekend was lost - in more ways than one Slow storm slows power crews Crippled travel slowly limping back Thousands wait out hurricane in schools, churches Retailers take their day off in stride Lumbering storm's damage light in North Pinellas Acidic, radioactive water spills into bay Frances largely spares Hillsborough Mart becomes oasis in the storm Inside shelter, weary evacuees try to relax Winds whip up blaze at Plant City tire store PASCO As Frances moves in, few areas unaffected Pasco takes a lashing from Frances' winds Power, trees lost in storm Shelters subsist on prayer, pinochle HERNANDO Sheltered from the storm, life goes on Storm grinds county to standstill Storm forces events rescheduling CITRUS Family takes shelter among breads, carbs Neighbors find shelter and each other Waiting. Watching. Weathering. CLOSEUP: Hurricane Charley Force of nature

Florida National Guard members called up

5-6 Inches of rain reported - in Gibsonton and Temple Terrace - by 9 p.m. Sunday

250,000 Customers without power in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Citrus counties

5 a.m. When the hurricane eye made landfall Sunday in Stuart

45 Counties under mandatory or voluntary evacuation

16 Counties under curfew

1,312 The number of cars that pass a traffic counter on Florida's Turnpike in Osceola County on an average morning between midnight and 10 a.m.

16 The number that passed the counter between midnight and 10 a.m. Sunday 3:40 p.m. Sunday When Joyce Haldeman, 69, died of cancer at the special needs shelter in St. Lucie County. Her sister, Joan LiCalzi, was by her side

6 Days before Hurricane Ivan, now a Category 4 storm with 135-mph winds, could reach Florida

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