Up to 90% of the county could have its power knocked out as Milton passes through, officials say.

Exactly two decades ago, Hurricane Charley struck Central Florida, kicking off the busiest hurricane season on record that the region has ever seen.

If you’re a loyal News 6 viewer, you know Chief Meteorologist Tom Sorrells has been covering Central Florida weather for a long time. Tom said before social media was a thing, a News 6 producer came up with a unique idea to connect Tom with viewers.

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As Florida braces for Hurricane Ian, Gov. Ron DeSantis held multiple news conferences Tuesday to warn against the storm’s impacts.

Film made in Florida follows strict COVID-19 safety guidelines to recreate Hurricane Charley.

That’s right, it was the year the Sunshine State was slammed by four hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Hurricane Jeanne was the last of of the group, making landfall early in the morning on Sept. 26, 2004, just 16 years ago this week. The Category 3 hurricane made landfall just east of Stuart, Florida on Hutchinson Island. Jeanne came onshore in the same vicinity just three weeks after Hurricane Frances,” he said. It took almost an entire weekend for the 55-mile wide eye to move across the state,” Sorrells said.

Sixteen years ago, three hurricanes -- Charley, Frances and Jeanne -- slammed Central Florida leaving Floridians with memories of survival they soon wont forget. Even all these years later, people still remember every detail of how they were impacted by the three hurricanes. During Charlie, 11 trees came down on our property and off went the power. Our power was for two weeks after the last hurricane that went through here. Nobody wanted to buy horses after that, so I lost everything.Feel free to share your own story from those hurricanes in the comments below.