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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...![A photo of Interstate 95 underwater in Lumberton after Hurricane Florence](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lumberton_I95_underwater_exit17-360x216.jpg)
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...![A satellite image of Hurricane Florence approaching North Carolina on September 12, 2018](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Florence_satellite_Sep12-360x216.jpg)
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...![An aerial photo of a flooded section of Interstate 40 in Pender County after Hurricane Florence](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/I40_Pender_flooded-360x216.jpg)
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...![A photo of a tree down along the shores of Lake Norman after the August 7 tornado event](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LakeNorman_stormdamage_Aug7-360x216.jpg)
August Saw Extreme Heat and Damaging Storms
Hot weather carried over into August, and also featured many dry days until Idalia’s arrival. When we did have rain, it often came from severe...![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 the Spring Creek wildfire taken from the air](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SpringCreek_aerial-360x216.jpg)
Rapid Reaction: Drought Comes Back, in a Flash
A little over six weeks ago, the town of Bayboro, which sits on the Pamlico River along North Carolina’s central coastline, was soaked by 1.89...![A photo of a sunflower field in at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh](https://climate.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DixPark_sunflowers_Jul22-360x216.jpg)