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The North Carolina State Climate Office at North Carolina State University reported that its Mount Mitchell weather station recorded 24.41 in (620 mm) of rainfall. The office referred to the total as "off the charts", comparing it to 16.5 in (420 mm) of rainfall being a once-in-1,000-year flood for the area.
Much of east-central North Carolina received more than 12 in (300 mm) of precipitation, with a 24-hour total of 15.06 in (383 mm) recorded in Wilmington, breaking the 128 year record. [1] Kinston recorded 13.98 in (355 mm) of precipitation during the storm, and Rocky Mount reported 18.0 in (460 mm) of rainfall; both totals were greater than the ...
On September 14, 2018 Hurricane Florence hit the coast line of North Carolina. [1] While the almost 2 feet (0.61 m) of water that the area received was bad for the dams and catch ponds of the area, the real issues came along when the storm moved inland, dumping more rain water into the Cape Fear River.
A view of the damaged area at Asheville along with the western part of North-Carolina is devastated by the heavy rains and flooding after Hurricane Helene in Asheville on September 30, 2024 ...
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of eastern South Carolina and central North Carolina until 5 p.m. This watch includes Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Raleigh and Wilmington ...
An 80-year-old man died trying to drive through a flooded North Carolina road on Tuesday as the state dealt with a ... about 34 miles southwest of Wilmington, the highway patrol said in a news ...
Hurricane Floyd approaching North Carolina, where it would soon make landfall, on September 15, 1999; Floyd later caused the worst modern disaster in the state. [1]413 known tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Cheryl M. Whitaker, Wilmington StarNews August 6, 2024 at 5:02 AM Wilmington made the list as the top southern city on the rise according to Southern Living in March.