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Florence After Five

Florence After Five

A photo of flooding in Fair Bluff, NC, after Hurricane Florence

Sep 14, 2023

Florence After Five: Redefining the Future

This is the final in a four-part blog post series remembering Hurricane Florence for its five-year anniversary. The sheer extremity of Hurricane Florence left people across the state – from homeowners to local and state officials – questioning what they believed they knew about hurricane impacts. After all, the storm and its rain amounts were…
A photo of a flooded farm in Duplin County

Sep 13, 2023

Florence After Five: Inundated Ecosystems

This is the third in a four-part blog post series remembering Hurricane Florence for its five-year anniversary. More than 100 miles from the ocean, a small pond in the Sandhills exemplifies the significant and sustained impact Hurricane Florence had on the natural landscape, long after the winds and rain were finished back in September 2018.…
A photo of Interstate 95 underwater in Lumberton after Hurricane Florence

Sep 12, 2023

Florence After Five: Communities, Disconnected

This is the second in a four-part blog post series remembering Hurricane Florence for its five-year anniversary. During the days-long deluge from Hurricane Florence, even as electricity and cell phone service were cut off across eastern North Carolina, there remained one way of monitoring the storm’s local impacts from afar. Navigation apps such as Google…
A satellite image of Hurricane Florence approaching North Carolina on September 12, 2018

Sep 11, 2023

Florence After Five: An Anxious Arrival

This is the first in a four-part blog post series remembering Hurricane Florence for its five-year anniversary. Within arm’s reach on the desk of Steve Pfaff, the warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, is a printed map graphic. At first, it’s unassuming – weather maps are hardly out of place…
An aerial photo of a flooded section of Interstate 40 in Pender County after Hurricane Florence

Sep 11, 2023

Florence After Five

In September 2018, Hurricane Florence bore down on North Carolina for five days, producing record-breaking rainfall totals and leaving widespread flooding and damage in its wake. For the five-year anniversary of the storm, we’re taking a detailed look at Florence, from the lead-up to the storm through the ongoing recovery efforts. The posts are listed…