Landfall Category: 4

U.S. Damage: $15.8 Billion

Date of storm: Aug. 13-14, 2004

U.S. areas affected: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina

At least 13 people were killed when Hurricane Charley left a path of destruction across Florida then continued north and struck the Carolinas.

Pictured: Debris from homes destroyed by Hurricane Charley litters the waterways that surround much of Punta Gorda, Fla.