Hurricane Hugo
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Hurricane Hugo was a powerful tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread destruction across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. The eleventh tropical cyclo
Hugo making landfall on South Carolina early on September 22
Damaged beachfront property in South Carolina
Charleston was heavily impacted by Hugo
Wrecked mobile homes along the South Carolina coast
McClellanville is a small fishing town in rural Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census. It is situated on the Atlantic coast, on land surrounded by
Hurricane Hugo
…people were left homeless. In the United States, coastal South Carolina was hit by record setting storm surge heights, reaching 20.2 ft (6.2 m) near McClellanville. The surge and strong winds wrought extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure across South Carolina, and caused 13 deaths. Flood and wind impacts…
Jeremy Creek at McClellanville; looking upstream