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Hurricane Charlie

1951 hurricane
Hurricane Charlie was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of the 1951 Atlantic hurricane season, the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Jamaica until Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, and at the time the worst natural disaster to affect... Wikipedia
Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHWS)
Date: August 12, 1951 – August 23, 1951
Fatalities: 259+
Damage: $75 million (1951 USD)
Highest winds: 130 mph (215 km/h)
Affected areas: Jamaica, Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and more