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 continued to gain strength and became a hurricane on September 13, 1989. The storm reached Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds of at least 155 mph on September 15, 1989.

Top experts from Colorado State University released an updated forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season on July 9, and there is a morsel of good news: "We have decreased our forecast slightly ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Dominion Energy is gearing up for hurricane season with some help from the City of Virginia Beach. On Thursday, representatives from both the city and Dominion Energy ...

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 ...

Tropical Storm Debby was a great example of this. And, of course, examining one of the strongest storms to ever hit the South Carolina coast, Hurricane Hugo, in 1989.

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 ...

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, 1989.