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Hurricane Hugo
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
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Hurricane Hugo approaching South Carolina on September 21
Formed September 9, 1989
Dissipated September 25, 1989
Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 160 mph (260 km/h)
Lowest pressure 918 mbar (hPa); 27.11 inHg
Fatalities 76 direct
Damage $10 billion (1989 USD)
Areas affected Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Dominica, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, North Carolina, most of eastern North America
Part of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Category 5 hurricane that struck Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, South Carolina and North Carolina in September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 82 people and leaving 100,000 homeless. At the time, Hurricane Hugo left the most damage for a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, although other storms have since caused more destruction. Hugo is currently the tenth costliest hurricane in the United States.

Retirement

See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricane names

The name Hugo was retired. The name Humberto has been used every six years since 1995 instead.


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Images for kids

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    Hurricane Hugo as a Category 5 hurricane.

  • Img-1989-09-19-18-GOE-7-IR

    Satellite image of the Western Hemisphere on September 19 showing Hugo northeast of the Turks and Caicos

  • Hugo sept 21 1989 1847Z

    Satellite image of Hugo approaching landfall on the U.S. East Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, on September 21

  • Hurricane Hugo's path in the Caribbean

    Hugo's path in the Caribbean

  • Hugo sept 17 1989 1744Z

    Hugo traversing the northeastern Caribbean on September 17 as a Category 4 hurricane

  • 330-CFD-DA-ST-90-07130 (37048999001)

    Ninety percent of buildings in Saint Croix were damaged.

  • Hugo 1989 Puerto Rico rainfall

    Rainfall totals in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Hurricane Hugo devastated

    Damage was extensive in Culebra.

  • Carraizo Lake Dam, Puerto Rico

    Electric motors at Carraízo Dam were flooded, disrupting water service to San Juan

  • Beach on the northwestern coast of Puerto Rico a few days before Hurricane Hugo

    Beach on the northwestern coast of Puerto Rico a few days before Hurricane Hugo

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    Hugo making landfall on South Carolina early on September 22

  • Hurricane Hugo beach front damage

    Damaged beachfront property in South Carolina

  • Building wrecked by Hugo

    Charleston was heavily impacted by Hugo

  • Hurricane Hugo mobile home damage

    Wrecked mobile homes along the South Carolina coast

  • WBT-AM tower after hugo

    The damaged transmitter towers of AM radio station WBT near Charlotte, North Carolina

  • Hugo 1989 rainfall

    Rainfall from Hugo spread across the northeastern United States along its track inland

  • 330-CFD-DN-ST-90-00466 (37048871421)

    Relief crews attending a beached sailboat in Saint Croix

  • Campbell, Carroll post-hurricane Hugo

    Governor Carroll Campbell touring Hugo's damage in South Carolina

  • Cape hatteras 1989

    Runoff along Cape Hatteras due to rainfall from Hugo

See also

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