1750 08
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"Great Storm"
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Cut several new inlets
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1761
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New inlet near Bald Head Island
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1769
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devastated New Bern
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1803
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New Bern area
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1804 09 07-08
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NE course from GA to MD; unknown NC impact
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1806 0906
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Wrecked large number of ships at Okracoke Inlet
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1813 08 27-28
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Hit Charleston; robably passed over inland NC
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1815 09 03-04
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New Bern and Elizabeth City
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1820 09 10-11
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Turned to sea near Cape Hatteras; gales, heavy rains
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1821 09 02-03
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New Bern, Morehead City
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1825 06 03-04
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New Bern, Okracoke
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20 vessels ashore at Okracoke, coastal plantations inundaded, crops and livestock
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1827 08 24-25
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broke Diamond Shoals lightship from anchors at Hatteras, driven aground at Portsmouth; widespread damage
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1830 08 15-17
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Wilmington, New Bern
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All vessels blown from moorings in New Bern; many damaged at Wilmington
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1837 08 18-20
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Wilmington
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bridges washed out; high tides
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1837 10 09
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"Racer's Storm"
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Ocracoke, Core Banks, Bodie Island
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Steamer Home (90 deaths), Cumberland, Enterprise
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1839
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gale
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Washed away sheep and cattle, some houses, at Portsmouth (Olson 1982, 63)
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1839 08 28-30
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Cape Hatteras, Elizabeth City, Washington
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bridges
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1842 07 12-15
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severe damage from Portsmouth northward
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Perhaps one of the most destructive ever; many ships believed lost; many drownings; houses wrecked/washed away; livestock
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1842 08 24
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Okracoke, Hatteras
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three ships (Kilgore, Pioneer, Congres) lost; eight drowned
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1846 09 07-08
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opened Hatteras (7th) and Oregon (8th) inlets
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Mary Anna lost off Hatteras
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1853 09 07
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passed off Cape Hatteras
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unnamed brig lost on 7th
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1856 09 4-5
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Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville
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severely reduced width of Wrightsville Beach and swept off all oaks
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1857 09 9-12
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Cape Hatteras, Wilmington, coast generally
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several ships; high tides at New Bern
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1861 11 01-?
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Cape Hatteras
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75-vessel Union fleet scattered, two ships lost, 7 drowned
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1874 09 28
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75
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Wilmington, Cape Hatteras
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houses, buildings in Wilmington; high water; Spanish ship Arrina
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1876 09 17
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73
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Wilmington, Cape Hatteras, Wrightsville
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British ship Excelsior; New River miliatry camp; unprecedented high water
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1877 10 3-4
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Albemarle Sound
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swept away all bridges, wharves
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1878 09 12
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75
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Cape Lookout
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1878 10 23
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Wilmington, Morehead City, Cape Lookout
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steamer City of Houston lost off Frying Pan Shoals; many others lost/damages
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1879 08 18
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4
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168
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Morehead City, Beaufort, Diamond City
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Atlantic and Ocean View hotels destroyed; all wharves washed away; heavy destruction at Diamond City
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40+
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1881 09 09
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90+
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Wrightsville, Wilmington
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buildings, trees; vessels driven ashore; most severed since 1822, 1838
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1882 09 21-23
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Cape Lookout, Wilmington
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Wilmington and Weldon Railroad damage
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1883 09 11
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3
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100+
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Wilmington, Hatteras
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vessels wrecked, driven ashoe
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53
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1885 08 25
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ca. 125
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Wilmington, Morehead City, Hatteras
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1887 08 20
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82
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Hatteras, Pamlico Sound, Kitty Hawk
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vessels lost
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1887 10 31
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70
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Kitty Hawk
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telegraph poles down
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1899 08 16
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"San Ciriaco"
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4
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140
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Diamond City
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wiped out Diamond City; Shackleford Banks residents left
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20-25
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1889 09 9-12
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Nags Head
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1899 10 30-31
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72
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Wriightsville Beach, Wilmington, Kitty Hawk
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1
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1893 08 27-29
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"Great"
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72
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Wilmington, Kitty Hawk
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several vessels lost at sea, washed on shore at Wilmington
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1904 11 13
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3
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68
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Hatteras
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destroyed LS station at New Inlet, drowning four men; several schooners wrecked
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1908 07 30
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1
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58
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Beaufort, Morehead City, New Bern
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heavy flooding
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1913 09 02-03
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1
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74
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Core Banks, Pamlico Sound, Portsmouth, Washington, New Bern
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railroad bridges at Washington, New Bern, Methodist and Primitive Baptist churches at Portsmouth; $3 million
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5;
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1933 09 15-16
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3
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125
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Beaufort, Pamlico Sound, Core Banks, New Bern, Portsmouth
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$3 million; washed over Core Banks; opened Drum Inlet; almost all Cedar Island homes destroyed; flooded Portsmouth, destroyed houses
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21
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1936 09 18
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2
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80
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Hatteras
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1944 08 01
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1
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80
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Oak Island, Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach; Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender, Onslow counties
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major crop damage; $2 milliion
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1944 09 14
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"Great Atlantic"
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3
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110
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Portsmouth, Avon, Nags Head, Elizabeth City
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Portsmouth devastated; most residents left; catastrophic flooding at Avon; two Coast Guard cutters capsized; $1.5 million
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1
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1953 08 13
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Barbara
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1
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90
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Morehead City, Okracoke, Nags Head
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$1 million crop damage
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1
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1954 08 30
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Carol
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2
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90+
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Cape Hatteras
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crops; $250,000
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1954 10 15
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Hazel
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4
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150
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SC line to Cape Fear, Cape Lookout
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dunes, practically all buildings, trees; record rainfall; $100 million
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19
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1955 08 12
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Connie
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3
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<80
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Southport to Nags Head
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flooding
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1955 08 17
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Diane
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2
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74
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Wilmington
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beach erosion, flooding; farmlands
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1955 09 19
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Ione
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3
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107
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Salter Path
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unprecedented rain; major damage to dunes, Cape Lookout to Drum Inlet; Drum Inlet choked by sand; $88 million
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7
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1958 09 27
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Helene
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3
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85
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Wilmington to Hatteras; Pamlico Sound
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beach erosion; crops; $11 million
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1960 09 11
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Donna
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3
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100+
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Wilmington to Nags Head
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$25 million
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8
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1968 10 19-20
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Gladys
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1
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90
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Wilmington, Cape Lookout
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1971 09 30 to 10 01
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Ginger
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1
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92
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Pamlico Sound; Cape Hatteras
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high water levels, rainfall; crops; $10 million
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1984
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Diana
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3
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115
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counties south of Carteret
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$85 million
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3
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1985 09 26-27
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Gloria
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3
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100+
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Wilmington, New Bern
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$8 million
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1
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1989 09 21-22
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Hugo
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3
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100
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Brunswick County
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beach houses; beach erosion; dunes; costliest ever to hit U.S. mainland; $1 billion ($70 million in N.C.
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1
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1991 08 18-19
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Bob
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3
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98
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Cape Hatteras
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$4 million
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1
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1993 08 30-31
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Emily
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3
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111
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Pamlico Sound, Hatteras Island
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homes; $35 million
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0
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1996 07 12
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Bertha
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2
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115
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Wrightsville Beach, Topsail Island, Belhaven, Washington, New Bern
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storm surge; 5,000 homes damaged; $270 million
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2
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1996 09 05
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Fran
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3
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120
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Brunswick to Carteret counties; Wrightsville Beach, Emerald Isle, Topsail Beach
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storm surge; beach erosion; river flooding; $2 billion
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21
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1999 08
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Dennis
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trop. Strom
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110
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$100 million
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0
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1999 09
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Floyd
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2
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110
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$6 billion
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Barnes, North Carolina's Hurricane History, Hudgins, Tropical Cyclones Affecting North Carolina Since1586, 8-59
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