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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.
Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in the western part of North Carolina. See the map of power outages caused by the storm.
A week after Hurricane Helene tore through the U.S. Southeast and devastated western North Carolina with heavy rains and severe flooding, satellite images are showing the extent of the damage ...
358,000 power outages in NC. North Carolina suffered 358,741 power outages late Friday as Ian, weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, battered the state.. The bulk of those hit Wake, Guilford ...
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 ...
Damage from Hurricane Helene as seen from a North Carolina National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter near Green Mountain, N.C., on Oct. 2, 2024
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 ]
NOAA offers free satellite map to survey damage from Hurricane Ian