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July 20, 2008 – Tropical Storm Cristobal passes just offshore, dropping light rainfall and causing minor flooding. [42] September 5, 2008 – Hurricane Hanna moves ashore near the South Carolina – North Carolina border, packing strong winds and torrential rains. [43] Aside from minor structural damage, the storm's effects were generally ...
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly $50 billion (2008 USD) in damage. [ nb 1 ] The season ranked as the third costliest ever at the time, but has since fallen to tenth costliest.
The tropical storm watch from the North Carolina–Virginia state line to Great Egg Harbor was northward extended to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, while the portion south of Chincoteague was discontinued at 0:900 UTC on September 5. That tropical storm watch was upgraded to a tropical storm warning at 15:00 UTC on September 5.
Tropical cyclones have affected North Carolina in every month between May and December; about 35 percent of the storms struck the state in September, and 80 percent affected the state between August and October, which coincides with the peak of the hurricane season. The most recent tropical cyclone to affect North Carolina was Hurricane Debby ...
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual tropical cyclone season in the north Atlantic Ocean.An above-average Atlantic hurricane season, [nb 1] it was the first on record to have a major hurricane in every month from July to November.
A viral claim that 15 people died of hypothermia in Avery County this week is “categorically false,” Alicia Stemper, an acting spokeswoman for the county’s emergency operations, told The ...
The death toll reached 103 in North Carolina, 232 in the South. Hurricane Helene is arguably the worst natural disaster in state history. Hurricanes Floyd in 1999 and Hazel in 1954 have their ...
There have been 10 confirmed fatalities in Buncombe County as a result of Tropical Storm Helene, the sheriff said at a Sept. 29, 10 a.m. briefing.