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Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain.
Florence has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa), tending to Mediterranean (Csa). [38] It has hot summers with moderate or light rainfall and cool, damp winters. As Florence lacks a prevailing wind, summer temperatures are higher than along the coast. Rainfall in summer is convectional, while relief rainfall dominates in the winter. Snow is rare ...
Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach on September 14 with winds of 90 mph (150 km/h). With the system remaining close to the coastline it weakened slowly, eventually degrading to a tropical depression on September 16. Training rainbands produced prolific, record-breaking rainfall across North and South Carolina throughout this period.
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September 10, 1988- The outer rainbands of Hurricane Florence produce heavy rainfall of over 10 inches (250 mm) in the extreme northwestern region of the Florida Panhandle, [48] destroying 30 houses and damaging 50 homes from river flooding. The hurricane also spawns several tornadoes.
Hurricane Florence was a strong Atlantic hurricane that struck the Florida Panhandle in September of the 1953 season. The eighth storm and fifth hurricane of the season, Florence developed in the western Caribbean from a tropical wave near Jamaica on September 23. It produced heavy rainfall on the nearby island, and later caused damage in ...
Florence will continue to produce devastating storm surge, strong winds, tornadoes and flash flooding in southeast North Carolina through Saturday.