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In September 2018, Category 1 Hurricane Florence made landfall in Wrightsville Beach, causing major flooding across the state, coinciding with many areas still recovering from Hurricane Matthew two years prior. Dropping nearly three feet of rain, Florence remains as North Carolina's wettest hurricane.
Early July 2018 – Tropical Storm Chris meanders to the southeast of the state, causing rough seas and rip currents, which were blamed for one fatality in Kill Devil Hills. September 7–17, 2018 – Hurricane Florence made landfall less than a mile south of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina with winds of 90 mph
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 list of North Carolina hurricanes between 1950 and 1979 encompasses 79 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina.Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during that time period resulted in 37 total fatalities during the period, as well as about $3 billion in damage in 2008 USD.
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List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950–1979) List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980–1999) ... (2018) Hurricane Cindy (1959) Tropical Storm Claudette (2021)
List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes from 1950 to 1974 Storm name Track Season Dates as a Category 4 Maximum sustained winds Minimum pressure Notes Hurricane Dog: 1950: September 1–7 † 145 mph (230 km/h) 943 mbar (hPa; 27.85 inHg) Hurricane Fox: 1950: September 14–15: 140 mph (220 km/h) 946 mbar (hPa; 27.94 inHg) Hurricane King: 1950 ...
A Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. They are among the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth, having 1-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 137 knots (254 km/h ; 158 mph ; 70 m ...