Hurricane Hugo - Effects on South Carolina

Title

Hurricane Hugo - Effects on South Carolina

Genre

Interview

TX Date

22 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:57

Description

Nick Peters interviews Paul Lunsford, Director of the State of South Carolina Emergency Centre, about the effects of Hurricane Hugo which has been lashing the eastern United States with 135 mile-per-hour winds. The coastline has been particularly battered and seven people are now reported dead but Lunsford says they have been lucky there were not more fatalities.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Paul Lunsford

Keywords

USA; Weather; Emergency services; Winds; Natural disasters; Cyclones; South Carolina; Hurricane Hugo; State of South Carolina Emergency Centre

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