CHARLOTTE, N.C. — September 22, 2019, marks the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo making landfall just north of Charleston, South Carolina. The monster storm had formed over the eastern Atlantic near ...

Twelve days after a tropical depression formed in the Atlantic off of the coast of West Africa, south of the Cape Verde Islands, what grew to be Hurricane Hugo plowed through the Carolinas, changing ...

Hugo’s storm surge swept this Surfside Beach home from its oceanfront lot into the middle of the Ocean Boulevard. The random cruelty of Hurricane Hugo was evident as some oceanfront homes were ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The only Category 4 hurricane to make landfall on the mainland U.S. in the 1980s did so just north of Charleston over Sullivan’s Island 36 years ago. When Hurricane Hugo made ...

Nearly twice as many people — and more than twice as many homes — would be in danger if Hurricane Hugo hit today. In the 30 years since the deadly storm slammed into South Carolina, the population of ...

Hurricane Hugo made landfall north of Charleston Harbor on the South Carolina coast the night of Sept. 21, 1989, affecting an estimated 1.8 million people. Presidential declarations were issued for 24 ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Every storm has a story, and many more have yet to be written. From each hurricane’s beginning, thousands of miles across the Atlantic, to their dramatic end on our ...

As hurricane forecasters begin to put together their first outlooks for the 2025 hurricane season, an important aspect that helps form a forecast are what are known as analog years. Analog years refer ...