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![A satellite image of Ophelia over eastern North Carolina on Saturday morning](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/geocolor_sat_2023-09-23_1251Z-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Surprisingly Strong Ophelia Surges In
Short-lived but not short on moisture, Tropical Storm Ophelia snuck up to the coast on Friday and made for a wet and windy start to...![An aerial photo of the inlet in Hatteras Island cut by Hurricane Isabel in 2003](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Isabel_inlet_Sep21-360x216.jpg)
Twenty Years Ago, Isabel Punched Above Its Weight
Hurricanes and the Outer Banks go together like cats and mice. It’s not exactly a productive pairing for one of them, but it’s also hard...![A satellite image of Idalia over eastern North Carolina early on Thursday, August 31](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Idalia_satellite_2023-08-31_0450Z-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Idalia Ends August on a Wet Note
The first tropical storm of the season to affect North Carolina lashed the southeastern part of the state with rain and wind, but apparently caused...![A photo of a smoky haze over Winston-Salem on June 6](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/winston-salem_haze_June6-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Smoky Skies Create Unhealthy Air Quality
Our summer started not with sun but smoke last week, which yielded the most widespread hazardous air quality episode seen in many years across the...![A satellite image of Nicole moving over the Southeast US on November 11](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nicole_satellite_2022-11-11-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Late-Season Nicole Offers Needed Rainfall
The tropics had one more surprise in store this season with Hurricane Nicole, which brought wet and windy weather as its remnants crossed North Carolina...![A satellite image of Ian as it approached the Carolinas on September 30.](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ian_satellite_2022-09-30_13Z-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Windy, Wet Ian Sweeps Through North Carolina
The remnants of Hurricane Ian crossed the Carolinas on Friday and Saturday, completing the storm’s week-long zig-zagging journey through the Caribbean, across Florida, and eventually...![A satellite image of Tropical Storm Colin off the Carolina coast on Saturday, July 2, 2022.](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IRsat_Colin_2022-07-02_15Z-360x216.jpg)
The Tropics Come A-Colin
A surprise tropical storm that formed along the Carolina coast brought spotty showers, gusty winds, and dangerous surf during the recent holiday weekend. While the...![A photo of snow on the Appalachian State campus (Jan 2022)](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Boone_snow_AppState-360x216.jpeg)