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Five Years Later, Five Lessons Learned from Matthew - North Carolina State Climate Office

Five Years Later, Five Lessons Learned from Matthew

It’s a rare storm that now stands out more for its similarities to, rather than its differences from, others in its era. Five years ago today, Hurricane Matthew brushed the North Carolina coastline but still caused incredible inland impacts. It wasn’t our first modern hurricane to produce significant freshwater flooding — Floyd in 1999 held … Continue reading Five Years Later, Five Lessons Learned from Matthew