hurricane charley was a strong hurricane that strengthened very fast. charley also made landfall further south then he was supposed to. charley left $16.5 billion in damage and 35 deaths. the damage caused by charley made it the second costliest storm in u.s. history, only to hurricane andrew. this beaten by four other storms within 4 years, it was beaten by hurricane katrina, hurricane wilma, then hurricane ike. that makes charley the fifth costliest storm in u.s. history.