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Matthew caused total devastation in Robeson County especially Lumberton. At least 28 people were killed, making Matthew the deadliest hurricane in North Carolina since Floyd killed 35 in 1999. September 19, 2017 – Rough surf and swells from Hurricane Jose flooded portions of the Outer Banks. [53]
Dropping nearly three feet of rain, Florence remains as North Carolina's wettest hurricane. In 2019, Category 2 Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Cape Hatteras, causing large storm surges to sweep across some islands, particularly Ocracoke. Category 1 Hurricane Isaias made landfall in Ocean Isle Beach on August 4, 2020.
List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) ... (2019) Effects of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina; I. ... Hurricane Klaus (1990) M.
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.
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Maxar Technologies
Other catastrophic storms include Hurricane Ian in 2022, which caused about $180 to $210 billion in damage; Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 with a combined total of about $270 billion ...
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 ...
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