What is Hurricane Hugo?
{{no sources|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Hugo | Type=Hurricane | Year=1989 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hugo 1989-09-21 1844Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Hugo approaching South Carolina on September 21 | Formed=[[September 9]], [[1989]] | Dissipated=[[September 25]], [[1989]] | 1-min winds=140 | Pressure=918 | Damages=10000 | Inflated=1 | Fatalities=76 direct | Areas=[[Guadeloupe]], [[Montserrat]], [[Dominica]], [[British Virgin Islands]], [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[South Carolina]], [[North Carolina]], most of eastern [[North America]] | Hurricane season=[[1989 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Hugo''' was a powerful [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|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== {{seealso|List of retired Atlantic hurricane names}} The name Hugo was retired. The name Humberto has been used every six years since 1995 instead. {{Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes}} {{Retired Atlantic hurricanes}} {{1989 Atlantic hurricane season buttons}} {{hurricane-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hugo}} [[Category:Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes|Hugo]] [[Category:Hurricanes in South Carolina|Hugo]] [[Category:Retired tropical cyclone names|Hugo]] [[Category:1989]]