1980s: Hurricane Hugo, Caribbean and USA

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Wind gusts of 140 miles per hour (225km/h), heavy rains and monstrous waves left a trail of devastation through Guadeloupe, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in September 1989. Hugo, as the hurricane became known, formed over the eastern Atlantic near Cape Verde and struck land once again in South Carolina. At its peak, it was classified a Category 5 hurricane. When it swept across Guadeloupe, it left 20 people dead and tens of thousands homeless. 

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1980s: Hurricane Hugo, Caribbean and USA Wind gusts of 140 miles per hour (225km/h), heavy rains and monstrous waves left a trail of devastation through Guadeloupe, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in September 1989. Hugo, as the hurricane became known, formed over the eastern Atlantic near Cape Verde and struck land once again in South Carolina. At its peak, it was classified a Category 5 hurricane. When it swept across Guadeloupe, it left 20 people dead and tens of thousands homeless.