These are some of the major hurricanes that have hit South Carolina over the years and what hurricane categories mean.

It’s the night Hurricane Hugo, a Category 4 hurricane made landfall at Sullivan’s Island. WATCH: Live 5 News special: “Hugo: 30 Years Later” State and local leaders had spent the days leading up to ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Tonight marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo devastated much of South Carolina. HOW IT ALL STARTED: Hugo originated from a cluster of storms that moved off the African ...

Hurricane Matthew made landfall Saturday morning in the town of McClellanville, 27 years after Hugo slammed into the fishing village. The Live 5 News team looked back at the hurricane that changed the ...

Hugo gradually strengthened as it moved across the warm waters of the Atlantic and became a hurricane on Sept. 14. By the next day, Hugo strengthened into a rare category 5 hurricane, with maximum ...

Hurricane Hugo coverage from The State: Sept. 17 - Sept. 24, 1989. Read more stories from The State’s original reporting of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

Hurricane Hugo's storm surge slammed into McClellanville hardest of all. Read More: Hugo vs Ian: Comparing CAT 4 storms more than 30 years apart.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It has been 34 years since Hurricane Hugo battered the South Carolina coast. The powerful Category 4 storm began lashing the Charleston area on September 21, 1989 ...

This weekend marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo battered the South Carolina coast in 1989.In September 1989, Hugo formed from a cluster of storms off the coast of Cape Verde in Africa.

CHARLOTTE — After Hurricane Hugo blew through Charlotte, thousands of downed trees covered homes and roadways, 85 percent of households were out of power and much of the city was inaccessible.

In September of 1989, a NOAA hurricane hunter airplane intercepted Hurricane Hugo as it approached the Caribbean islands, just before Hugo's destructive rampage through the Caribbean and South ...