Topics Related to Hurricane Florence

North Carolina is no stranger to severe storms and hurricanes. Even so, when the fall of 2018 brought Hurricane Florence, its widespread devastation smashed records. Six months ago today, on September 14, Florence made landfall on North Carolina’s coast. The work of response and recovery has not stopped since then.

Hurricane Florence will be remembered as one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the state of North Carolina.  The monster storm battered the North Carolina coast, trailing inland, leaving a path of destruction throughout eastern coastal regions.  Thirty-seven people have died as the result of Hurricane Florence.  But before the massive storm even hit, North Carolina emergency officials were preparing for what meteorologists have called the second “500-year storm” to hit the state since Hurricane Matthew in 2016.