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15 Biggest, Deadliest, Most Devastating Hurricanes to Hit the United States

Published on January 23, 2018 at 9:18 am by Bojana Petković in Lists, News

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12. Hurricane Hugo

Year: 1989

Maximum speed: 160 mph

Death toll: 50 (21 in the US)

Damage cost: $10 billion ($17.5 billion today)

Hurricane Hugo ranks 12th on our list of biggest, deadliest, most devastating hurricanes to hit the United States. It completely devastated the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and South and North Carolina. It all started with a cluster of thunderstorms and ended up with a catastrophe. It must be stressed that over 1 billion board-feet of lumber (70% of all lumber-quality trees) fell in the Francis Marion National Forest located in South Carolina. This caused for the whole logging operation to cease, and consequently, the wood quality was so low that loggers were selling it at half the price. Imagine the effect on the family budget.

Biggest, Deadliest, Most Devastating Hurricanes to Hit the United States

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