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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.
Due to its location, many hurricanes have hit the state directly, and numerous hurricanes have passed near or through North Carolina in its history; the state is ranked fourth, after Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, in the number of cyclones that produced hurricane-force winds in a U.S. state. [2] [3]
The list of North Carolina hurricanes from 1980 to 1999 encompasses approximately 68 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the US 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. Additionally, tropical ...
The Wilmington area remained under a tropical storm warning Tuesday afternoon as Tropical Storm Debby continued its slow churn up the Eastern Seaboard toward Charleston, S.C., after soaking ...
The Wilmington area will likely see 1 to 3 inches of rain, but higher amounts are possible in some areas. Because some areas remain saturated from last week's storm system, some flooding is possible.
The National Weather Service's office in Wilmington said the flooding on some Carolina Beach roads was at least three feet deep. A once-in-200-years event: NC towns get a foot of rain in 12 hours ...
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.
Some of the biggest storms to devastate the Carolinas — Hurricanes Dorian (2019), Florence (2018) and Hugo (1989) — all made landfall within 14 days of Sept. 10.