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Florence reattained hurricane-status by 12:00 UTC on September 9, with the Hurricane Hunters observing 76 mph (122 km/h) sustained winds at the surface. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] Fueled by sea surface temperatures of 29 to 29.5 °C (84 to 85 °F), Florence rapidly reintensified overnight, and Convective bursts with frequent lightning surrounded the eyewall ...
The hurricane's motion accelerated and shifted northwest by this time, a trajectory it would maintain for several days. [37] Hurricane Florence achieved its initial peak intensity late on September 10 with sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a pressure of 940 mbar (hPa; 27.76 inHg).
Hurricane Florence at peak intensity. 2 p.m. AST (1800 UTC) – Hurricane Florence strengthens into a Category 2 hurricane. [17] 8 p.m. AST (0000 UTC November 8) – Hurricane Florence reaches its peak intensity with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) while located 900 mi (1,445 km) northeast of Bermuda. [17] November 8
September 7–17, 2018 – Hurricane Florence made landfall less than a mile south of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina with winds of 90 mph (145 km/h). The hurricane was first declared a threat to the state on Friday. Several people were rescued offshore due to rip currents affecting the area.
Hurricane Florence dumped inches of rain on the Cape Fear region, causing flooding in many neighborhoods. Living along the North Carolina coast, flooding is something we’ve long had to deal with.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
The tenth tropical cyclone, sixth named storm, and third hurricane of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence developed on September 10 from a cold front to the southwest of Bermuda. Initially a subtropical cyclone , it quickly organized, attaining hurricane status twice in a two-day period before weakening while remaining nearly stationary.
Florence, the second of four hurricanes to make landfall in the southeastern part of the state in a 47-month span in October 2018, was catastrophic to a number of communities.