CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Hurricane Hugo was a Category 4 storm when it slammed into Charleston County on the evening of Sept. 21, 1989, 29 years ago. The storm was the only Category 4 hurricane to make ...

In fact, Hurricane Hugo produced the highest storm tides ever recorded on the East Coast, with Bulls Bay, just to the north of Sullivan's Island, reporting a 20-foot storm tide.

Get our newsletter! Young people of the U.S. Virgin Islands march along in a carnival parade, amid the destruction of Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Photo by Mary Jane Soule, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives ...

Hurricane Matthew made landfall Saturday morning in the town of McClellanville, 27 years after Hugo slammed into the fishing village. The Live 5 News team looked back at the hurricane that changed the ...

Hugo weakened to a category 4 hurricane on Sept. 16 as it aimed at the Leeward Islands of Guadeloupe and Montserrat. Hugo blasted St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands early in the morning of Sept ...

Hugo's center passed over I-77 between Columbia and Charlotte early on Sept. 22, 1989 with wind gusts at Charlotte-Douglas measuring 63 mph, according to the NWS.

Hugo showed people that they need to evacuate. Hurricane Floyd taught them how not to do it, Duke said. When Floyd threatened in 1999, Duke took a three-car caravan out of town.

Hurricane-force wind gusts were felt as far inland as western North Carolina during the day on Sept. 22. Many beach-front homes along the Grand Strand were destroyed, leaving numerous homes lying ...

Hurricane Hugo slammed into the Carolinas 25 years ago this week. The Observer talked with residents across the Charlotte region who lived and worked in the area when the storm hit.

Category 6 has moved! See the latest from Dr. Jeff Masters and Bob Henson here. A flight through Hurricane Hugo, remembered 20 years later By: Dr. Jeff Masters, 1:21 PM GMT on September 15, 2009 ...

In fact, Hurricane Hugo produced the highest storm tides ever recorded on the East Coast, with Bulls Bay, just to the north of Sullivan's Island, reporting a 20-foot storm tide.