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Bookmark or Share- Remembering Hugo, 25 Years Later | Charleston MagazineBorn off Africa near the Cape Verde islands, Hugo first hit the Caribbean as a full-fledged force five hurricane with winds close to 190 mph. It then aimed straight for Charleston. The sheer size of the storm was enough to put terror in our hearts. Hugo was huge.
- Hurricane Hugo: 25th Anniversary - National Weather ServiceAt the time, Hugo was the strongest storm to strike the U.S. in the previous 20-year period and was the nation's costliest hurricane on record in terms of monetary losses (~$7 billion in damage). It is estimated that there were 49 deaths directly related to the storm, 26 of which occurred in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Hurricanes: Science and Society: 1989- Hurricane Hugo1989- Hurricane Hugo. The 1989 hurricane season had a total of 11 named tropical cyclones of which 7 attained hurricane strength. Hurricane Hugo, a Category 4 hurricane at landfall, was a classic Cape Verde-type hurricane that devastated the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and South and North Carolina. Developing from a cluster of thunderstorms ...
- Hurricane Hugo - September 21-22, 1989 - National Weather ServiceHugo made landfall just north of Charleston, SC at Sullivan's Island around midnight September 22, 1989 as a Category 4 storm with estimated maximum sustained winds of 135-140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 27.58 inches Hg (934 mb).
- Remembering Hurricane Hugo: A night of terror and destruction on South ...In total, Hugo caused roughly $7 billion in damage and killed an estimated 49 people. Thirty-four years ago this week, Category 4 Hurricane Hugo barrled into the South Carolina coast with 135...
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