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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.
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.
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.
The track of the hurricane spared North Carolina and Tennessee from another tropical deluge in the wake of Helene, but it diverted vital resources to help the millions in Florida who faced ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — 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 ...
The list of North Carolina hurricanes from 1980 to 1999 encompasses approximately 68 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during the time period resulted in around $10 billion in damage (2007 USD ), primarily from hurricanes Fran and Floyd .
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The economic fallout from Hurricane Helene is beginning to become apparent in unemployment data from North Carolina. The unemployment rate in hard-hit Buncombe County rose from ...
List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) 0–9. Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; 1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane; ... Statistics; Cookie statement;