Homes and Property | Home PageCharley is biggest natural disasterJames Langton|Evening Standard|In New York13 April 2012The devastation caused by Hurricane Charley in Florida last weekend is expected to top any natural disaster in history.Insurers say that the repair bill could top £12 billion, putting it close to the destruction of the World Trade Center.It will also eclipse Hurricane Andrew in Miami in 1992. The category three hurricane - the second most powerful possible - is known to have killed at least 20 people in Florida and damaged thousands of homes along the eastern coast.MORE ABOUTFloridaGlobalizationInsuranceMiami