Charley survivors await aid as cost hits €17bn

RESCUE teams, insurance adjusters and US National Guard troops scattered across Florida yesterday to help victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and supplies to thousands of people left homeless.

At least 17 people were killed by the storm in Florida and Munich Re, the world’s largest re-insurer, estimated the total value of damage at about €17 billion. It said insured losses could be as high as €11bn.

Earlier, Charley killed four people in Cuba and one in Jamaica.