of the tobacco crop lost and 30% of the corn and vegetable fields destroyed. Strong winds downed trees and power lines, leaving 65,000 without power. Damage in North Carolina totaled to $25 million. Tropical Storm Charley produced wind gusts of up to at Chesapeake Light in Virginia, causing scattered power outages. Rainfall was light, ranging from . Charley produced one tornado in Chesapeake and one in Virginia Beach. In Rhode Island, one man drowned in a rip current. Aftermath President George W. Bush declared Florida a federal disaster area. He later reflected on the government response to Charley: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson released $11 million in additional aid and other assistance to Florida, with $10 million to be earmarked to Head Start facilities that need repair or new supplies, another $1 million was provided to the DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Arcadia and Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, and $200,000 would be spent to provide services to senior citizens. Across Florida, 114 food service operations and eight comfort stations were set up. FEMA opened four disaster recovery centers. Retirement Because of its effects in the United States, the name Charley was retired from the rotating lists of tropical cyclone names in the spring of 2005 by the World Meteorological Organization. As a result, the name will never again be used for an Atlantic hurricane. The name was replaced with Colin for the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. See also List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present) List of retired Atlantic hurricane names List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes Hurricane Donna (1960) – Another Category 4 hurricane that crossed Florida from southwest to northeast Hurricane Irma (2017) – A Category 5 hurricane that also made landfall as a major hurricane on the southwest side of Florida Hurricane Ian (2022) – Another Category 4 hurricane that hit at the same location, but was much larger in size References External links Hurricane Charley Advisory Archive NHC August Monthly Tropical Weather Summary—includes figures for damages and fatalities Lack of a standard places Charley's deaths in question Air Photos of Charley's Damage From FloridaDisaster.org Wildlife and Habitat Damage Assessment from Hurricane Charley: Recommendations for Recovery of the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex 2004 Atlantic hurricane season 2004 in Cuba 2004 in Florida 2004 in Jamaica 2004 in North Carolina 2004 in South Carolina 2004 in the Cayman Islands August 2004 events