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  2. Hurricane Irene (1999) - Wikipedia

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    Just offshore, Irene moved parallel to the coastlines of South Carolina and North Carolina on October 17. While interacting with very warm ocean waters and the upper-level trough on the following day, Irene rapidly intensified, reaching maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) with a minimum barometric pressure of 958 mbar (28.3 inHg ), a ...

  3. List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) - Wikipedia

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    New inlet created by Hurricane Isabel North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southeastern United States. Tropical cyclones — storms characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain—regularly affect the state. According to statistical hurricane research between 1886 and 1996 by the North Carolina ...

  4. List of North Carolina hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during the time period resulted in over $10 billion in damage (2010 USD), primarily from hurricanes Fran and Floyd. Additionally, tropical cyclones in North Carolina were responsible for 77 direct fatalities and at least 44 indirect casualties during the period.

  5. Hurricane Irene - Wikipedia

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    Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.

  6. Helene devastated this small Ashe County town. Now its ... - AOL

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    The larger world is now beginning to see the extent of ruin in North Carolina’s ... The asphalt buckles and slopes outside of Bald Guy Brew following damage from Hurricane Helene on Monday, Sept ...

  7. 1971 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

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    Doria turned to the north, and reached peak winds of 65 mph (105 km/h) as it was making landfall near Morehead City, North Carolina. It turned to the northeast, and moved through the Mid-Atlantic and New England as a tropical storm before becoming an extratropical storm over Maine on August 29. [4]

  8. A count in progress: Helene damage to North Carolina, by the ...

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    The French Broad River breaks its banks Asheville on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 as the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.

  9. Historic Biltmore Estate suffers ‘extensive’ damage in some ...

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    The 8,000-acre Biltmore Estate, Asheville’s biggest attraction that welcomes 1.4 million visitors a year, has significant damage in some buildings after Helene ripped through Western North ...