Hurricane Diana was the first and strongest hurricane of the 1984 season and the most intense storm to hit the Eastern seaboard in three decades, since 1954's Hurricane Hazel.

These are some of the major hurricanes that have hit South Carolina over the years and what hurricane categories mean.

Photo illustration by Michael Flocker // Stacker // Getty Images What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this ...

Photo illustration by Michael Flocker // Stacker // Getty Images What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this ...

What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and billions of ...

Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke records over the last century.

What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and billions of ...

What hurricane season was like the year you were born The fast winds, rapid rainfall, and huge storm surges of hurricanes make this natural disaster responsible for hundreds of deaths and billions ...