Track of Hurricane Hugo across the eastern US.

Background map by National Weather Service, Raleigh.

Infrared image of Hugo at landfall.

NOAA.

Satellite image of Hugo one day before landfall.

NOAA.

Maps comparing Hugo's actual storm surge and its storm surge if it had made landfall 20 miles south. (Click to view full-size.)

NOAA Coastal Services Center.

Map of storm surge depth if Hugo had made landfall at Kiawah Island. (Click to view full-size.)

NOAA Coastal Services Center.