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One year later: Why Hurricane Florence was so devastating to North Carolina

One year ago today, Hurricane Florence made landfall at Wrightsville Beach. It became the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas and killed 53 people in our state. It was also the costliest disaster in state history.
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One year ago today, Hurricane Florence made landfall at Wrightsville Beach. It became the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the Carolinas and killed 53 people in our state. It was also the costliest disaster in state history.

Reporter : Kat Campbell
Reporter : Kathryn Brown
Web Editor : Jason O. Boyd
Posted 2019-09-14T19:17:19-0400 - Updated 2019-09-14T19:17:19-0400