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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 ...
Total damage between the two states reached an estimated $24 billion, ranking Florence as the ninth-costliest hurricane in United States' history. [1] Florence weakened below hurricane strength by 00:00 UTC on September 15. Its close proximity to the coastline enabled it to maintain its organization and only slowly degrade. [1]
The following decade featured seven hurricanes causing at least a billion in damage. In the 1990s, twelve tropical cyclones accrued at least a billion in damage, including Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The system greatly exceeded the damage figure of any preceding tropical cyclone, causing $27.3 billion in damage, mostly in South Florida. Nineteen ...
Of the $542.6 million received for Hurricane Florence, just over $434 million has been disbursed. NCORR has until Aug. 17, 2026, to spend these funds and anticipates spending them by the fall of ...
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.
In wake of Hurricane Florence, victims in the storm's path are being warned of a less-than-obvious reason to avoid trekking through dangerous floodwaters: fire ants.
Hurricane Florence was the third of four named tropical cyclones to make landfall on the United States during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season. The seventh tropical storm and second hurricane of the season, Florence developed on September 7 from an area of convection associated with a dissipating frontal trough in the southern Gulf of Mexico .
As Florence dumped inch after inch of rain on us, I spent countless minutes – perhaps hours – staring out the window as the water was rising in the street and inching up the front yard.