CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – September 21, 1989… Powerful category four Hurricane Hugo began lashing the South Carolina coast. The storm made landfall just north of Charleston around midnight the ...

Across South Carolina, 35 people died during Hugo ... “Everybody that was in Charleston County for Hurricane Hugo can tell you their Hurricane Hugo story,” said Ben Webster, the county ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY ... 21-22, 1989, Category 4 Hurricane Hugo barreled into the South Carolina coast with 130-plus mph winds. The monster storm hit in the middle of the night- making landfall ...

HUGO WAS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE WHEN IT MADE LANDFALL IN SULLIVAN’S ISLAND WITH THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE TARGETED RIGHT AT CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 138MPH.

Over the years, major hurricanes have taken a severe toll on South Carolina, and some of them have been used as teaching moments to improve emergency preparedness. Hurricane Hugo made landfall ...

Hurricane Hugo made landfall just north of Charleston Category 4 hurricane The damage left behind was staggering. Eighty percent of South Carolina was without power. Four and a half million acres ...

Hurricane Hugo hits Charleston as a Cat 4 in 1989 Ten years ... The storm claimed the lives of 82 in the U.S., 27 of them in South Carolina, and left 60,000 homeless, according to a study by ...

I’ve written about midnight Sept. 1989. I’m remembering it again. Hurricane Hugo. Worst killer storm to ever hit the Carolinas. I arrived to see my friend Mickey Spillane, then Earth’s top k ...

Hurricane Fran was supposed to turn into Charleston, South Carolina, while eerily on the same path as Hurricane Hugo. But before we get to Fran, we have to talk about Hurricane Bertha as WXII 12 ...

Ian made landfall around 2 p.m. in Georgetown County, between Charleston ... landfall along South Carolina’s 187-mile coast since 1851, according to state data. Hurricane Hugo, the Category ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As Hurricane Idalia continued to grow in size and intensity Tuesday night, cities along South Carolina's coast geared up for emergency. WYFF News 4's Rashad Williams is ...