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.