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- Hugo was one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina’s history, and at the time the most costly hurricane ever in the U.S. The storm was responsible for at least 86 fatalities and caused at least $8 to $10 billion in damage.
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Hugo's damage toll in Saint Kitts and Nevis amounted to $46 million, largely sustained by shoreline structures and crops. This equated to 32 percent of the country's gross domestic product. Homes, government buildings, and trees were damaged by the storm.
Sep 22, 2019 · The storm was responsible for at least 86 fatalities and caused at least $8 to $10 billion in damage. HOW IT ALL STARTED: Hugo originated from a cluster of storms that moved off the African...
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Hurricane Hugo was one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina's history, and was at the time the most costly hurricane ever in the Atlantic Ocean. Hugo's destruction wasn't limited to just South Carolina; Hugo also devastated the Caribbean Islands of Guadeloupe, St. Croix, and Puerto Rico, and even seven hours after its final landfall still ...
Hugo originated from a tropical wave that moved westward off the African coast September 9, 1989. By the morning of September 10th the system displayed enough organization on satellite imagery that it was classified as a tropical depression, the eleventh one of the 1989 Hurricane Season. Hugo gradually strengthened as it moved across the warm water...
Hugo was steered across the Atlantic by the east-southeasterly flow around the southern edge of subtropical high pressure over the western Atlantic. The western periphery of this high extended to just off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline. As upper level low pressure developed over the eastern Gulf Coast states, a relatively narrow corrido...
The following series of three-hourly surface maps were hand-analyzed in September 2014 using archived surface observations from NWS and FAA airports and buoys operated by NOAA/NDBC.
McClellanville, SC: Still a relatively sleepy fishing community in the 1980s, McClellanville was severely impacted by Hugo's wind and storm surge. Many homes and businesses were destroyed, and the storm surge carried boats from the rivers and marshes across highways and left them haphazardly strewn around. Lincoln High School in McClellanville was ...
The National Weather Service in Wilmington came into possession of a series of photos taken in McClellanville nine months after Hugo, shown below:
Charleston, SC: Water crashed over the historic seawall in downtown Charleston and flooded the first floor of homes. Up to 80 percent of roofs in the city of Charleston were damaged. Over 100 buildings suffered heavy structural damage or completely collapsed. A million-dollar crane at the Port of Charleston was destroyed. Amazingly only one death i...
Francis Marion National Forest, SC: Approximately three-quarters of the trees in this 250,000 acre national forest were blown down, many sheared off at a height of 10 to 25 feet above ground. A USDA Forest Service report issued on October 5, 1989 estimated 700 to 1000 million board feet of timber was lost, but up to 250 million board feet was hoped...
Surf City, NC: Barnacle Bill's pier lost a 15 foot section due to high waves, and the Surf City Pier had damage to the end of its structure.
According a publication by the Carolina Bird Club at least 25 species of birds were carried inland by Hurricane Hugo, well away from the oceanic locations they typically inhabit. Particularly noteworthy were reports of 27 Black Skimmers, six Least Terns, a Bridled Tern and a White-tailed Tropicbird near Shelby, North Carolina, approximately 200 mil...
Hurricane Hugo is remembered as one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in history. The storm's violent winds and strong storm surges destroyed thousands of buildings and caused power outages from the Caribbean all the way into Canada. An estimated 49 fatalities were directly-related to Hugo.
Hugo caused over 1 billion board-feet of lumber (70% of all lumber-quality trees) to fall in the Francis Marion National Forest located in South Carolina. All logging operations ceased in the area as a result of this loss.
When it slammed into South Carolina just minutes before midnight on Sept. 21, 1989, Hugo’s 135 mph (217 kph) winds made it the strongest storm to hit the U.S. in 20 years and its $9.5 billion of damage made it the costliest storm in the nation’s history.
Sep 23, 2019 · However, Michael caused a comparatively lower $22 million in damage based on preliminary estimates. While its damage wasn’t as severe as Hugo’s, Michael was reminder to the western Piedmont not to get lulled into a false sense of security during hurricane season.
