The Category 3 hurricane made landfall at Ossabaw Island, Georgia, at high tide before moving into South Carolina, killing at least 2,000 people $334.1 million (inflation-adjusted to 2023) of damage.

The Category 3 hurricane made landfall at Ossabaw Island, Georgia, at high tide before moving into South Carolina, killing at least 2,000 people $334.1 million (inflation-adjusted to 2023) of damage.

The Category 3 hurricane made landfall at Ossabaw Island, Georgia, at high tide before moving into South Carolina, killing at least 2,000 people $334.1 million (inflation-adjusted to 2023) of damage.

Category 4 hurricanes have winds between 130 and 156 mph. Hurricanes Hazel (1954), Gracie (1959) and Hugo (1989) were the only Category 4 storms to make landfall in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The South Carolina Department of Public Safety and SCDOt and other state and local agencies will hold a full-scale hurricane evacuation drill on Wednesday.

Delays on many major South Carolina roads will be possible Wednesday as the state practices hurricane evacuation procedures. South Carolina emergency management officials are coordinating a drill with ...

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According to the DPS, the exercise will not interfere with the flow of traffic and intersections will not be blocked. The hurricane evacuation exercise will last from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 4.