Source: Abbie Bennett, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/4/18


Hurricane Florence devastated the Carolinas, and now scientists have the data to back up what Carolinians suspected in the wake of the storm. Florence was a historic storm, breaking 28 flood records across North and South Carolina, according to a recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Data from at least 18 USGS streamgages in North Carolina and 10 in South Carolina show what the USGS calls “peaks of record.”

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