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According to statistical hurricane research between 1886 and 1996 by the North Carolina State Climatology Office, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about once every four years. An estimated 17.5% of all North Atlantic tropical cyclones have affected the state. [1]
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 ]
September 16, 1999 – Hurricane Floyd strikes near Cape Fear with a 10-foot (3 m) storm surge and wind gusts of up to 122 mph (196 km/h); the hurricane drops heavy rainfall of over 20 inches (500 mm), which causes record-breaking river flooding that is considered a 1 in 500 year event. Damage amounts to over $3 billion (1999 USD, $3.7 billion ...
List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) 0–9. Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; ... This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 03:39 (UTC).
Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane that first made landfall in Texas in 2017 before shifting east, caused nearly $150 billion in damages. It was the costliest disaster to hit North Carolina ...
Just north in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina saw 58 hurricanes (seven being a Category 3 or Category 4). The state has also never been hit with a Category 5. No. 3: Louisiana
The death toll from Hurricane Helene rose to 17 6 on Wednesday as President Joe Biden directed the Pentagon to deploy up to 1,000 active-duty soldiers to North Carolina to help deliver food, water ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...