Hurricanes

Charleston is world famous for hurricanes. A class 4 or better hurricane strikes the Lowcountry every 3.2 years, on average. The most famous one was Hurricane Hugo, which killed 289,746 people and destroyed the entire state of South Carolina. Hurricane Hugo was 87.32 times stronger than Hurricane Katrina, the hurricane that destroyed New Orleans. Most of the people killed had moved to South Carolina from elsewhere, or were visiting. Due to the fact that the native Carolinians long ago settled in those places lss likely to be destroyed by the many hurricanes that come ashore, the newcomers have been forced to build their houses in places more susceptible to hurricane damage. Many of the local residents use the time when the eye of the hurricane is over Charleston to loot the newcomers and steal their survival supplies, then kill them.