MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — A special presentation commemorating the 70th anniversary of Hurricane Hazel drew a crowd to Chapin Memorial Library Wednesday.
On the morning of Oct. 15, 1954, one of the worst hurricanes to make landfall in South Carolina moved ashore on the South Carolina/North Carolina line, near Calabash and Little River, as a powerful Category 4 cyclone.
Hurricane Hazel is one of only two Category 4 storms to hit South Carolina since record-keeping began in 1851. The other was Hurricane Hugo in 1989…