From evacuating hundreds of thousands of people from the coast to live TV coverage in the shrieking wind and rain, 1989's Hurricane Hugo might have been the first U.S. storm of the modern age. When it slammed into South Carolina just minutes before midnight on Sept. 21, 1989, Hugo's 135 mph
1 / 5Hurricane Hugo A Modern StormFILE- In this Sept. 22, 1989 file photo, a sailboat lies in the street of Charleston after it was washed ashore by Hurricane Hugo. From evacuating hundreds of thousands of people from the coast to live TV coverage in the shrieking wind and rain, 1989's Hurricane Hugo might have been the first U.S. storm of the modern age. COLUMBIA, S.C.
Hugo has been surpassed over the past 30 years both in strength and damage by a other hurricanes — from Andrew to Katrina to Harvey and Michael. "His face was as white as a sheet. He said 'It might go to Cat 5 and it's going to hit the whole coast and we are going to be wiped out. We probably ought to pray,'" Tompkins said.
People had 24 hours or less to evacuate because Hugo was closing in fast. Nearly 250,000 people left. Campbell briefly reversed all lanes of Interstate 26 out of Charleston when it appeared people would be caught on the highway in the storm. Dozens of national reporters from TV stations and newspapers were hustled out of Charleston County's emergency center to a nearby hotel when the roof came off the building.
The extent of the destruction led Campbell to do something else modern governors have followed after hurricanes. He begged for federal assistance and to get the military involved in cleaning up and restoring power.
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