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The New Jersey Task Force 1 team was deployed to Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday to provide assistance to local communities recovering from the hurricane, the New Jersey State Police said ...
Members of Sussex County's Newton VFW Post 5360, at 85 Mill St. in Newton, are collecting items to donate to Kernersville, North Carolina, a suburb east of Winston-Salem, on Saturday.The following ...
In Atlantic City, 11 casinos were closed, resulting in a loss of $7 million (1985 USD). Dubbed by some as the storm of the century, the hurricane was expected to become the first hurricane to hit the New Jersey coastline since the hurricane in 1903, though a last minute turn spared the state. [1]
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.
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.
As to statistical hurricane research between 1883 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 percent of all North Atlantic tropical cyclones have affected the state. [4]
A rescue team paddles down the Swannanoa River on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The remnants of Hurricane Helene caused widespread flooding, downed trees, and power outages in western North Carolina.