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Considered by many South Carolinians to be their worst hurricane in modern history, Hurricane Hugo devastated parts of Charleston and South Carolina's Grand Strand.

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English: Considered by many South Carolinians to be their worst hurricane in modern history, Hurricane Hugo devastated parts of Charleston and South Carolina's Grand Strand. As seen here from the GOES-7 satellite's infrared channel, Hugo's distinct eyewall came crashing on shore near Sullivan's Island around midnight on September 22, 1989. Before landfall, Hugo was a monstrous Category-5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph, but it weakened slightly to a Category-4 storm, with estimated winds of 140 mph at landfall. Despite the drop in intensity, Hugo was, at the time, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the continental U.S. since the 1960s.
Date Taken on 22 September 1989
Source Hurricane Hugo, 1989
Author NOAASatellites
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Five Decades from Above

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700002638. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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