Source: NC CLIMATE OFFICE, 10/12/18


Less than a month removed from Florence, North Carolina has now weathered another hit from a hurricane. This time, though, it was the Piedmont -- not the coast -- that bore the brunt of the damage in our state. In Florence's case, we noted that it had few equals in our hurricane history because of its slow-moving track that produced record-setting rain and flooding. It's also tough to find a close match for Michael, but for a slightly different reason. Climatologically speaking, tropical storms that make landfall along the Gulf coast are much more likely to move over the North Carolina Mountains -- such as Frances and Ivan in 2004 -- than the Piedmont.

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