up operation. Community centres and gymnasiums have been converted into makeshift shelters for the thousands left homeless. At least three towns were still without water Sunday. Authorities have warned residents in affected areas to boil water before drinking. Charley is believed to be the most severe storm to hit the southwest coast of Florida since Hurricane Donna in September 1960. Once property damage is eventually tallied, it could rival 1992's Hurricane Andrew, which left almost 30 billion dollars in damage and killed 40 people in south Florida. "This is our Andrew," said Wayne Sallade, head of disaster management at Charlotte County. Hurricane Charley roared inland Saturday, passing through North Carolina and reaching Virginia by nightfall, weakening to a tropical storm.
