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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, Durham and Forsyth counties.
Wind, rain, storm surge -- watch the storm move through NC in real time.
NOAA offers free satellite map to survey damage from Hurricane Ian
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.
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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
A man made dune was pushed up at the Main Street North Myrtle Beach access in an effort to block storm surge Friday expected from Hurricane Ian, which will make landfall later in the day. Sep. 30 ...