Hurricane Hugo, a Category 4 storm with winds of 135 to 140 mph, struck Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, on Sept. 22, 1989, causing significant damage as it moved through North Carolina. Hugo ...

September 21-22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo made landfall near Sullivan’s Island as a Category 4 hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 140 mph around midnight on Sept. 22 ...

September 21-22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo made landfall near Sullivan’s Island as a Category 4 hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 140 mph around midnight on Sept. 22 ...

September 21-22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo made landfall near Sullivan’s Island as a Category 4 hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 140 mph around midnight on Sept. 22 ...

And, of course, examining one of the strongest storms to ever hit the South Carolina coast, Hurricane Hugo, in 1989. No other storm has ever topped the 12.52 feet recorded at the tidal gauge in ...

September 21-22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo made landfall near Sullivan’s Island as a Category 4 hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 140 mph around midnight on Sept. 22 ...