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Clayton Brown of Winston-Salem helps cut down trees in West Asheville, N.C., after flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene subsided in the area on Sept. 30, 2024.
The flooding is ongoing, with significant amounts of water still moving downstream,” Paige Grande, spokesperson for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management, said in an email to The Charlotte ...
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.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A historic village in western North Carolina is underwater after experiencing devastating flooding damage from Helene. Tree branches, logs and a dumpster floated across ...
The rainfall causes widespread flooding, with many creeks and rivers surpassing flood stage; hundreds of homes and businesses are damaged or destroyed. [ 23 ] September 17, 2004 – Former Hurricane Ivan tracks along the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, dropping heavy rainfall that peaks at 17.0 inches (432 mm) in Cruso , as well as ...
More than 400,000 people were left without power in both North and South Carolina. The hurricane left $1.2 billion (2019 USD) in damage in the Carolinas, with most of it occurring in North Carolina. Five people were killed by the storm; three indirect deaths in North Carolina, and two direct deaths in South Carolina.
A level 2 of 5 risk of severe storms is in place from eastern North Carolina north along the immediate coast to southern New England, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
This made Floyd the costliest hurricane in North Carolina's history. It retained this status until 2018, when Hurricane Florence left $22 billion in damage in the state. [5] With 76 fatalities reported nationwide, Floyd was the deadliest hurricane in the United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972; 52 of these fatalities occurred in North ...