hurricane charlie was the deadliest storm in 1951. it was the second hurricane of the year in the atlantic hurricane season. this hurricane hit jamaica with winds around category 3 levels, strengthened to category 4 at 135 miles an hour and then struck mexican yucatán peninsula. the storm made its last landfall in the tampico area of mexico. over 250 people died, half of whom near the tampico region. this hurricane was tampico's worst tropical cyclone since 1936.