saying the number of people who died because of Hurricane Helene surpassed that of Hurricane Hugo 35 years ago. As of Tuesday afternoon, the state’s death toll from Helene stood at 36.

Along SC Hwy 161 in York County ... “We haven’t seen damage like this since Hugo. Specifically, in our area we had 20,000 meters without power during Hurricane Hugo. That was our entire ...

Crossing into South Carolina as a tropical storm, Helene took 50 lives in the state, making it deadlier than Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The impacts from Helene continue to be felt in the state.

I look to the northeast, scanning the sky for signs of Hurricane Hugo's outer cloud bands, but see only the puffy fair weather cumulus clouds typical of a tropical summer morning. I continue to ...

Only Hurricane Hugo in 1989, when adjusted for inflation, exceeded the $12 billion cost of the October floods. Nineteen people died, 160,000 homes were damaged, and hundreds of roads and bridges ...