Hurricane Hugo still holds record for highest East Coast storm surge ever recorded 35 years later
Hugo originated as a cluster of storms off the coast of Africa on September 10th, 1989. The storm became a hurricane just three days later on September 13th. The storm did become a category 5 storm east of the Leeward Islands on September 15 but weakened into a category 4 storm when making landfall across the U.
35 years ago: Remembering Hurricane Hugo
CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Hugo originated as a cluster of storms off the coast of Africa on September 10th, 1989. The storm became a hurricane just three days later on September 13th.
Remembering Hurricane Hugo 35 years later: Would South Carolina be ready today?
Hurricane Hugo is the storm all others are compared to in South Carolina. On its 35th anniversary, here's what people recall about the Category 4 disaster.
35 years later, Hurricane Hugo’s landfall not forgotten
For people who lived in the Lowcountry on Sept. 21, 1989, when Hurricane Hugo made landfall, it was a night they will never forget.
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.
The land remembers: How Hurricane Hugo shaped today's Francis Marion National Forest
When Hurricane Hugo flattened a third of Francis Marion National Forest, it ushered in a new chapter for the landscape.
Hugo man who was subject of manhunt assaulted, murdered his mother, charges say
A 45-year-old man who was the subject of an overnight manhunt in Hugo earlier this week has been charged in his mother's ...
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35 years post-Hugo, Sullivan's Island plans stormwater system improvements
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Sunday marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo made landfall on Sullivan’s Island as a Category ...
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Sharing Citizenship Through Marriage in GALA’s ‘Hugo’
GALA Theatre's "The 22+ Weddings of Hugo" weaves an engaging mystery from the real-life tale of a serial bigamist.
Man taken into custody after woman found assaulted, killed in Hugo
A person of interest has been taken into custody hours after a 68-year-old woman was found assaulted and killed north of the ...
Family of Pueblo man killed in altercation with St. Mary-Corwin security settles lawsuit
A wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a Pueblo man's death at the hands of security guards at St. Mary-Corwin Hospital has ended in a settlement.
Elizabeth family searching for answers in daughter's disappearance
Dawn Kuzik-Michal said she hasn't seen her 16-year-old daughter Katie since Sept. 8, and worries she doesn't have her epilepsy medication.