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Hurricane Florence. Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain. The sixth named storm, third hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence ...
October 26–30, 2012 – Hurricane Sandy passed by the state, dropping heavy rains and making storm surge. July 3–4, 2014 – Hurricane Arthur hits eastern North Carolina, in particular the Outer Banks, with 100 mph (160 km/h). May 7, 2015 – Tropical Storm Ana produced heavy rainfall and indirectly caused a fatality.
1980–1984. Hurricane Diana just offshore. August 27, 1980 – Northeasterly winds from Hurricane Charley contribute to six deaths from strong rip currents. [1] June 7, 1981 – The remnants of a tropical depression bring light precipitation to the state. [2] July 1, 1981 – Tropical Storm Bret moves ashore on Virginia, with its outer ...
Living along the North Carolina coast, flooding is something we’ve long had to deal with. Until Hurricane Florence in 2018, though, it was something I covered as a journalist, not something I ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, splintering buildings and trapping hundreds of ...
Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina early Friday, pushing a life-threatening storm surge of floodwater miles inland and ripping apart buildings with screaming wind and pelting rain.
Bald Head Island in Brunswick County sustained significant damage from Hurricane Florence, as seen in this Sept. 19, 2018, aerial photo. ... Damages in North Carolina tied to 2018's Hurricane ...
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was the third in a consecutive series of above-average and damaging Atlantic hurricane seasons, featuring 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes, [nb 1] which caused a total of over $50 billion (2018 USD) in damages and at least 172 deaths. [nb 2] More than 98% of the total damage was caused by ...