What is Hurricane Charley?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Hurricane Charley | Type = hurricane | Year = 2004 | Basin = Atl | Image location = Charley 2004-08-13 1635Z.jpg | Image name = Hurricane Charley before landfall in [[Florida]] | Formed = August 9, 2004 | Dissipated = August 15, 2004 | 1-min winds = 130 | Pressure = 941 | Damages = 16300 | Inflated = 1 | Deaths = 15 direct, 20 indirect | Areas = [[Jamaica]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Florida]], [[South Carolina]], [[North Carolina]] | Hurricane season = [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Charley''' was the second [[hurricane]] and also the second major hurricane (category 3+) of the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]]. Charley lasted from August 9 to August 15. Its strongest winds were 150&nbsp;[[miles per hour|mph]] (240&nbsp;[[kilometres per hour|km/h]]), classifying it as a Category&nbsp;4 hurricane on the [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale]]. The storm made landfall in southwestern [[Florida]]. It was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since [[Hurricane Andrew]], twelve years earlier. In the United States, Charley caused ten&nbsp;deaths and $15.4&nbsp;billion in damage (2004&nbsp;USD). ==The destruction from Hurricane Charley== Charley did its damage in a very similar manner to Andrew: high winds caused almost all the damage, and both storms made landfall at low tide, preventing the storm surges from causing damage like they usually do when hurricanes make landfall. Both were compact storms upon landfall. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Reflist|group=nb}} {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{hurricane-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Charley}} [[Category:2004 Atlantic hurricane season]] [[Category:Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes]] [[Category:2004 in the United States]] [[Category:2000s in Cuba]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names]] [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:2000s in the Cayman Islands]] [[Category:2000s in Jamaica]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Florida]] [[Category:Hurricanes in Jamaica]]