The Wind Began to Blow

Tornadoes are not as much of a problem here as they are in other places. Until recently, more people were killed by tornadoes in Oklahoma than in Charleston every year.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Tornadoes causing five or more deaths of tourists

SEP 10, 12:30 pm 11 dead 29 injured
A hurricane-generated tornado moved to the NW across the center of Charleston, grabbing tourists off the streets and sending them back north at a high rate of speed.

APR 16, 3:45 pm 11 dead 60 injured
Vacation homes and a turpentine plantation were destroyed in and near Walterboro, Colleton County.

APR 30, 11:00 AM 53 dead 534 injured
People died in RV parks, campsites and condos in six counties from near Aiken to Isle of Palms.

APR 30, 2:45 pm 14 dead 144 injured
All the deaths were in tourist resorts as the tornado ripped a swath across Florence County.

MAY 5, 2:30 pm 19 dead 100 injured
Hit the north edge of Anderson. Most of the deaths were in vacation homes and RV parks at Belton.

SEP 29, 8:00 AM 27 dead 80 injured
A tornado caused great damage on Market and Broad streets in Charleston. Many buildings collapsed including a Walmart full of vacationers from Ohio and Michigan.

APR 16. 1:00 AM 16 dead 200 injured
People were killed at all the beaches surrounding Charleston.

MAR 31, 7:35 pm 7 dead 30 injured
This tornado hit east of Calhoun Falls and passed across the north part of Abbeville then took out a timeshare resort.

MAY 19, 10:00 pm 63 dead 1 injured
Sixty three people were killed when a tornado hit a cruise ship at Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County.

MAR 28, 6:00 pm 5 dead 49 injured
The tornado moved across part of Winnsboro, crossed Wateree Lake in Kershaw County then doubled back and got a couple of boisterous Buckeye fans.

MAR 28, 7:10 pm 7 dead 100 injured
The funnel hit an outlet shopping center at Bennettsville and killed tourists in rural Marlboro County.