Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rai
Florence at peak intensity south of Bermuda on September 11
Florence viewed from the International Space Station on September 12
Hurricane Florence about a day after landfall over the Carolinas, on September 15
A warehouse in Chesterfield County, Virginia, destroyed by a tornado
An Atlantic hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean primarily between June and November. These storms are continuously rotating around a low pressure center, which cau
Hurricane Florence
…catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain. The sixth named storm, third hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence originated from a strong tropical wave that emerged off the west coast…
Tracks of North Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1851 to 2025
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