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Photo galleries: A look at the top 5 hurricanes in our area

FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, a National Guard vehicle drives past a truck washed off the roadway from floodwaters in Dillon, S.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. This was one of the top stories in South Carolina in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

HUGO

Horry County police officer Jamie Thompkins takes a lonely walk down Ocean Front Road in Garden City Beach, S.C., Sept. 23, 1989, after Hurricane Hugo hit the town and left heavy damage behind. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)
FILE – In this file photo taken Sept. 22, 1989, a sailboat lies in the street of Charleston, S.C. after it was washed ashore by Hurricane Hugo swept through the historic city early in the morning. Monday Sept. 21, marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, a Category 4 storm that hit Charleston with it’s 135 mph winds. It is still the storm by which all others are measured on the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)
A girl walks past destroyed shrimp boats after Hurricane Hugo hit McClellanville, S.C., in this Sept. 27, 1989 photo. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
The main street of Garden City Beach, South Carolina, is covered with sand and the remains of trucks and buildings, Sept. 22, 1989, after Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)
FILE – This Sept. 23, 1989 file photo shows a damaged home is shown on Holden Beach, N.C., Sept. 23, 1989 after Hurricane Hugo struck the coast of the Carolinas. Twenty years after Hurricane Hugo pounded the South Carolina coast with 135 mph winds, driving inland and then sweeping into North Carolina, memories from the storm are still vivid. (AP Photo/Bob Bridges, File)
FILE – In this file photo taken Sept. 22, 1989 parts of buildings clutter the streets of Charleston, S.C. after Hurricane Hugo swept through the historic city early in the morning. Twenty years after Hurricane Hugo pounded the South Carolina coast with 135 mph winds, driving inland and then sweeping into North Carolina, memories from the storm are still vivid. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter inspect damage to their car after part of the roof of Days Inn Motel fell on it at Fayetteville in North Carolina on Sept. 22, 1989. The couple drove to the local motel to escape the storm in their home town of calabash, NC. Heavy winds from the edge of Hurricane Hugo damaged the building. (AP Photo)
FILE- In this Sept. 23, 1989 file photo, Lou de Liesseline pauses in despair after looking at the damage to her home on Folly Beach. The water surge caused by Hurricane Hugo moved the house off its foundations and back 100 feet. Hurricane Hugo might have been the first modern U.S. storm ushering in an era of live TV coverage and large scale coastal evacuations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FLORENCE

Floodwaters inundate homes after Florence struck the Carolinas, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
Floodwaters surround a home after Florence struck the Carolinas, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
A South Carolina National Guard high water vehicle drives through floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Latta, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Donald Trump visits a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Conway, S.C., accompanied by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump visits a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Conway, S.C. Next to Trump is South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump visits a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Conway, S.C. At left is FEMA Administrator Brock Long and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, second from left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
South Carolina Public Works employee Danny Causey walks past a piece of roadway that was washed out by flooding from Hurricane Florence in Allsbrook, S.C., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, street signs protrude through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Nichols, S.C. This was one of the top stories in South Carolina in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, a National Guard vehicle drives past a truck washed off the roadway from floodwaters in Dillon, S.C., in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. This was one of the top stories in South Carolina in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
A South Carolina state trooper directs counterflow traffic traveling west from Myrtle Beach on U.S. 501 as Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. John McElveen look on as a Swift Water squad from Louisiana bring two stranded motorists to safety in Chesterfield County, South Carolina on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. McMaster spotted the men sprawled on top of their flooded vehicle while he was taking a helicopter flight around South Carolina’s northeastern area observing flooded areas from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, file photo, responders congregate near where two people drowned the evening before when they were trapped in a Horry County Sheriff’s transport van while crossing an overtopped bridge over the Little Pee Dee River on Highway 76, during rising floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in Marion County, S.C. Charges are expected to be filed Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, against two South Carolina law enforcement officers who were transporting two mental patients who drowned while locked in the back of a van during the hurricane. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
William Larymore, right, of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and Salvatore Cirencione, of the State Law Enforcement Division, help resident Franklin Bessemer, who lives on the river, onto the pier on the Waccamaw River in Conway, S.C., Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Bessemer’s boat had quit while he was checking on his home as residents evacuate. The river is expected to flood in the coming days due heavy rains from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
FILE – This Sept. 17, 2018 file photo shows rising flood waters in the Pee Dee area in Marion County, S.C. South Carolina officials say the damage done by Hurricane Florence earlier this year is about half what was originally feared. In a letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press, Gov. Henry McMaster told members of the state’s congressional delegation that the storm did a total of $607 million in damage in the state earlier this year. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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HAZEL

A police officer stands guard beside uprooted tree blown down in the White House drive by the hurricane in Washington,Oct. 15, 1954. It was promptly sawed up and carted away in preparation for the president’s expected return after midnight tonight. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
High tides, whipped in by Hurricane Hazel, shatter boats and buildings in Swansboro, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 1954 as the storm lashes the Atlantic seaboard. The full brunt of the storm was left to the south but heavy seas and high water caused widespread damage along its fringes. (AP Photo)
Clifton Guthrie took this unusual picture of Hurricane Hazel destruction at Morehead City, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 1954. The homes above face mile-wide Bogue Sound, which is protected by an outer bank strand better known as Atlantic Beach. (AP Photo/Clifton Guthrie)

MATTHEW

Downtown Nichols, S.C. is seen under floodwaters on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Nichols Methodist Church is seen under floodwaters on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
A home sits in flood waters in Nichols, S.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses still did not have power Monday morning in North Carolina and South Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Debris and a pickup truck are submerged under floodwater on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
People use a boat to navigate floodwaters on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
A car is surrounded by floodwaters on Highway 9, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Submerged vehicles are seen on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Power lines are surrounded by flood waters near Nichols, S.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses still did not have power Monday morning in North Carolina and South Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Natalie McDowell, left, walks to her flooded home on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Floodwaters cover a parking lot in Nichols, S.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses still did not have power Monday morning in the Carolinas after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Floodwaters cover a roadway near Mullins, S.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses still did not have power Monday morning in the Carolinas after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Playground equipment sits in floodwater at Nichols Head Start School in Nichols, S.C., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly 1 million homes and businesses still did not have power Monday morning in the Carolinas after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
From left, Logan Rogers, DuPree Atkinson, Bill Rogers and Will Atkinson, park their boat after retrieving items from the Atkinson home near Little PeeDee River on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Mullins, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
A National Guard high-water vehicle drives through Nichols, S.C. on Highway 9 on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The town was hit with heavy flooding after Hurricane Matthew. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Floodwaters surround downtown Nichols, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Natalie McDowell, left, speaks with Rawlings LaMotte as she walks to her flooded home on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
A welcome sign is submerged in floodwaters in front of the Nichols Methodist Church on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
A herd of deer crosses a flooded Highway 9 near Nichols, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. The town was hit with heavy flooding after Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
This image provided by NOAA. taken Oct. 7, 2016, shows Hurricane Matthew over the Southeastern part of the U.S. A new study finds wind and water shifts during busy hurricane seasons seem to provide a somewhat protective barrier for the U.S. coast. Last year’s Hurricane Matthew, which was a major storm and hit Haiti with 145 mph winds but fizzled as it neared the American mainland, is a good example.This Oct. 7, 2016 satellite image shows Matthew as it threatens Florida, but it later hit South Carolina as a minimal hurricane with 75 mph winds. (NOAA via AP)
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FLOYD