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![Hurricane Hugo the day before landfall as seen from the GOES-7 satellite spac0579.jpg Hurricane Hugo the day before landfall as seen from the GOES-7 satellite](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_spac0579.jpg?itok=6PZIfGeQ)
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Hurricane Hugo the day before landfall as seen from the GOES-7 satellite. As of2009, Hugo ranked number 8 on the list of costliest mainland-falling hurricanes, number 11 as most intense, and was the only Category 4 hurricane to makelandfall in the 1980's. (Image credit: NOAA NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory; NOAA GOES-7)