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Visible spectra satellite image of Hurricane Hugo on September 21, 1989 At 6:00 P.M EDT, Hugo had now strengthened explosively to a Category 4 Tropical storm winds and rising waters were already battering the coast Preparations and evacuation had to be completed by this time

Image ID: wea00453, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Photographer: National Hurricane Center


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