35 years later, Hurricane Hugo remains last major storm to make landfall along South Carolina’s coast
Powerful category four Hurricane Hugo began lashing the South Carolina coast. The storm made landfall just north of Charleston around midnight the following morning. With 140 mph sustained winds, the storm produced significant wind and storm surge damage along the coast and caused roughly $7 billion in damage
LOCAL HISTORY: 35 years ago, Hurricane Hugo made landfall in South Carolina
This weekend marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo battered the South Carolina coast in 1989. In September 1989, Hugo formed from a cluster of storms off the coast of Cape Verde in Africa. Hugo became a tropical depression and grew into Tropical Storm Hugo as it moved west across the Atlantic Ocean.
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