The State Newspaper - Hurricane Hugo

Rewind to 1989 with @thestate to when Hurricane Hugo swept through SC. What would it have been like with social media? #Hugo30 live coverage lives here.

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Stick with The State for more #Hurricane Hugo updates as we continue to pick up the pieces. #Hugo30

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NEW: A man in Eutawville has been reported dead due to the storm, officials say. His mobile home rolled on top of him. #Hugo30

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The State House grounds in #ColumbiaSC are hidden due to large fallen trees. Power outages have been reported throughout the city since early this morning. #Midlands #Hugo30

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Have you seen this? A TV is quietly strolling down the Intracoastal Waterway on a sandbar. #Hugo30

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Mary Linen consoles one of her McClellanville neighbors in front of her destroyed home. Linen tied her children to a tree as the wind and storm waters roared through the town. #Hugo30
PC: Charles Slate/@TheSunNews

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On Folly Beach, Resident Elaine Barto is in shock. About 80% of homes destroyed, officials estimate. #Hugo30

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Buddy Davis in Mayesville stands in front of his flipped mobile home with 2 of his 3 children. Davis’ 13 month old boy did not make it out of the storm. #Hugo30

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UPDATE: Residents of Pawleys Island, other barrier islands reporting homes completely gone. #Hugo30

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CLARENDON COUNTY: Officials say almost every road is blocked by fallen trees. About 40% of county structures are destroyed. #Hugo30

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NEW: Officials confirmed 2 more deaths, both in Charleston County: One man killed when tree fell on his house. A second man killed when home collapsed on him. #Hugo30

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Camden officials are reporting peeled roofs, snapped telephone poles and about 75% of cotton crop and 50% of soybean crop destroyed. #Hugo30

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Oceanfront cottage in Surfside is sitting in the middle of Ocean Boulevard. It moved nearly a block by the storm. #Hugo30 https://t.co/u86mpT21TA

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Here’s what Myrtle Beach’s Pavilion boardwalk is looking like right now. It’s sustained extensive damage from the #hurricane. #Hugo30

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“I lost everything,” said Voncil Samuel of Dovesville. "I got into (my mobile home) yesterday, and everything was broken up. It pulled the cabinets out of the wall, and the bathtub and sink were pulled out. The bed went through the window.” #Hugo30 https://t.co/zfJgVkmjKP

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A Lee County man has also died after storm winds crushed his mobile home. More than 1,100 homes destroyed or sustained major damage in the county. Locals are saying crops and timber have been decimated too. #Hugo30

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JUST IN: Officials confirmed the first #SC death from Hugo. A woman reportedly drowned in her Mt. Pleasant mobile homes when Cooper River overflowed its banks. #Hugo30

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Officials are saying 50 businesses have sustained major damage in Georgetown county and 100 have minor damage. Bobby and Sylvia McConnell found their florist business, Blossom Shoppe, destroyed. #Hugo30

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Here's what the Tip Top Inn on Pawleys Island looks like now. It fell toward the sea as the #hurricane ripped the island. #Hugo30

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President #GeorgeBush is visiting #SC to survey damage. ”We probably had the quickest disaster declaration ever. We filed our request at 7 on Friday morning and got the declaration at 10:55. That speed is unprecedented," said Gov. Press Secretary Tucker Esket. #Hugo30

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CHERRY GROVE: 5 feet of sand now cover roads. Locals report destroyed piers and homes destroyed. #Hugo30