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Postcards from Fran: Fuel for Fires and Sustenance for Soldiers
This account of Hurricane Fran in Fayetteville comes from Geneva Gray, a graduate research assistant at the State Climate Office. Hurricane Fran wreaked havoc across...
Postcards from Fran: Beyond-Belief Stories from the Coast
These memories from Hurricane Fran along the coast come from news articles written after the storm. North Carolina’s coast bore the brunt of Hurricane Fran,...
Postcards from Fran: A Neighborhood Knocked Down, then United, by Fran
This account of Hurricane Fran comes from Dr. Nancy Schecter, a resident of central Raleigh before, during, and after Fran. In September 1996, our kids...
Then and Now, Fran a Standard-Bearer for Hurricane Destruction
When you think of the ingredients for a damaging hurricane in North Carolina, a few things are likely to make the list: major hurricane-strength with...
Above-Normal Temperatures Continue in August
Again in August, we couldn’t escape the ongoing summer heat, and conditions dried out as the month went on. Sizzling Summer Temperatures Continue The meteorological...
Hurricane Bertha Kick-Started a Stormy Stretch in NC
The summer of 1996 was a wake-up call of sorts for North Carolina’s coastline. Prior to that, it had been ten years since the last...
June Dry in the West, Wet in the East
Seasonal temperatures, but not extreme heat, arrived in June, while we saw big contrasts in precipitation across the state. Temperatures Warm, But Extreme Heat Stays...