CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Hugo originated as a cluster of storms off the coast of Africa on September 10th, 1989. The storm became a hurricane just three days later on September 13th.
The storm did become a category 5 storm east of the Leeward Islands on September 15 but weakened into a category 4 storm when making landfall across the U.S. Virgin Islands. Eventually weakening into a category 3 storm as it made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 18th.
Watch Hurricane Hugo’s track:
It created significant impacts across the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico…