Hurricane florence
SEPTEMBER 2018
QUICK FACTS
Storm Type | Cat. 1 Hurricane
NC Landfall | Wrightsville Beach
NC Wind Speed | 90 mph
NC Storm Surge | 6 ft
NC Rainfall | 35.93 in
NC Pressure | 956 mb
Total Deaths | 24
Total Cost Then | $24,230,000,000
about this storm
Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall as a Category 1 storm near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on September 14-15, 2018. The historic legacy of Hurricane Florence will be record-breaking storm surge of up to 13 feet and devastating rainfall of 20 to 30 inches, which produced catastrophic and life-threatening flooding.
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Media, Publications, & Reports
A FEw HeadLINES
Rivers, death toll and environmental hazards still rising in Carolinas as flooding sets records via Washington Post
A Down East thank-you to Ocracoke via Ocracoke Observer
Lending a Helping Pan: CHSS Foods Class Shows Support for Town Damaged by Florence via Island Free Press
A land transformed by water: North Carolina, before and after Hurricane Florence via Washington Post
After Florence, thousands of dead fish wash ashore — onto a highway via Washington Post
For small-town Carolinians, the question isn’t when they’ll rebuild — but whether they will at all via Washington Post
Down East, Its Museum Work to Rebuild via Coastal Review
Hurricane Florence Fisheries Damage Assessment Report via NC DENR
Carteret County Begins Recovery via Public Radio East
Florence Adds to Stress for Seafood Industry via North Carolina Health News
NC After Florence: New Evacuation Zones, Shelter Plans via The News & Observer
Video
Harkers Island NC two weeks after Hurricane Florence.
Robert Simmons Jr. of New Bern, N.C. is rescued by boat from Hurricane Florence floodwaters with 'Survivor,' his aptly named kitten.
From the air and the ground, watch the scenes of the devastating floods in North Carolina.
NOAA pilot Justin Kibbey discusses his flights through Hurricane Florence.
Community Accounts
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Two weeks after Hurricane Florence slammed the Carolina coast, killing dozens and flooding rivers and homes, it has left behind a slow-moving disaster of murky waters loaded with bacteria, viruses and other pollutants https://t.co/exAkQGKbJi pic.twitter.com/3tTp1rqbVq
— CNN (@CNN) September 27, 2018
Water pollution from Hurricane Florence is so bad you can see it from space https://t.co/L7GG0PtnTN pic.twitter.com/kLXkCtZjx2
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 27, 2018