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Hurricane Hugo, Twenty Years Later
| Twenty years later, memories of Hurricane Hugo’s destructiveness remain fresh in the minds of many South Carolinians. The night of September 21, 1989, Hugo made landfall near Charleston, SC, as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm surge from Hugo affected the coast from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, the worst occurred at Bulls Bay, where 21 feet of storm surge pushed inland. |
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Hugo made its way far inland to the Columbia area, finally weakening as it approached Rock Hill and leaving South Carolina while still a Category 1 hurricane.
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The South Carolina Emergency Management Division estimates that a storm with a similar path and intensity of Hugo today could cause over $8 billion in damages to the state and destroy over 21,000 homes. Hurricane Hugo and other major storms serve as reminders that everyone should be ready for a disaster, because we know South Carolina will be hit again.