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August 3–4, 2020 – Hurricane Isaias makes landfall on the coast of North Carolina. Four people are killed in the state, with a large and destructive EF3 tornado causing half the fatalities. October 29-30, 2020 - Hurricane Zeta damaged hundreds of homes, uprooted trees, and caused flash flooding in certain areas in the state.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones, with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 developed into hurricanes, and a record-tying seven further intensified into major ...
North Carolina is offering to buy the homes of Hurricane Helene survivors who qualify for a FEMA-funded special program as one option to move forward on the path to recovery.
The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the time period was Hurricane Hazel, which struck the state as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. Hazel was both the costliest and deadliest cyclone during the period, causing over $1 billion in damage (2020 USD) and 19 deaths. [ 14 ]
A drone view shows damage following Hurricane Helene, in Asheville, North Carolina, on Sept. 29. More than 3,000 families are eligible for the program's extension, according to FEMA.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A historic village in western North Carolina is underwater after experiencing devastating flooding damage from Helene. Tree branches, logs and a dumpster floated across ...
North Carolina Impacts Associated with Hurricane Helene [14] [15] County Fatalities Fatalities per 10,000 Injuries Evacuations Ashe County: 1 [16] 0.369 Unknown Unknown Avery County: 5 [14] 2.847 Unknown Unknown Buncombe County: 36 [17] 1.559 Unknown Unknown Burke County: 1 [16] 0.113 Unknown Unknown Catawba County: 1 [1] 0.061 2 ≥25 ...
Three months after Hurricane Helene devastated portions of western North Carolina and the Appalachians, the FOX Forecast Center is now tracking the potential for several inches of rain in the same ...