South Carolina home insurance rates may surge because of hurricane season 2025. Here’s how much & how to mitigate costs.

South Carolina is bracing for the impact of Hurricane Helene, which is set to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle Thursday night as a major hurricane, potentially as powerful as Category 3 or ...

Tropical Storm Chantal formed off the South Carolina coast Saturday morning, prompting Tropical Storm Warnings across parts ...

Tropical Storm Chantal began to weaken as it barreled inland across South Carolina early Sunday, July 6, after making ...

Tropical Storm Chantal caused severe flooding and rainfall in North and South Carolina, leading to preliminary damage estimates of $4-$6 billion.

This weekend marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo battered the South Carolina coast in 1989.In September 1989, Hugo formed from a cluster of storms off the coast of Cape Verde in Africa.

Hurricane Ian’s center came ashore near Georgetown, South Carolian just after 2 p.m. while packing maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, according to U.S. National Hurricane Center.

As for major hurricanes, the South Carolina coast is typically hit with a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane every 23 years from Charleston to Myrtle Beach, and every 34 years around Hilton Head Island.

Hurricane Ian is forecasted to make landfall at about 2 p.m. Friday near Charleston, South Carolina, CBS News meteorologist David Parkinson said on "Red and Blue" Thursday evening.

When Hurricane Hugo struck South Carolina, it was the strongest storm to hit the U.S. in 20 years and it was the nation’s most expensive hurricanes on record, according to the NOAA.

Hurricane Charley, August 2004. The storm gave South Carolina fits because it hit twice. After blasting Florida, Charley moved back over the Atlantic and landed at Cape Romain.

South Carolina hurricane luck looked like dealing mainly with only one of Dorian's deadly impacts; Wind. It was more about the wind than the promise of high tides coupled with the storm surge to ...