• The 1940 South Carolina hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane that struck the Georgia and South Carolina coast between August 11 and 12, 1940. After forming...
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    by a 35.96 ft (10.96 m) crest on August 14, 1940, due to the remnants of the 1940 South Carolina hurricane. An EF1 tornado caused minor damage in Bedford...
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    Collectively, storms in the hurricane season caused 71 fatalities and $29.329 million in damages. The 1940 South Carolina hurricane, which swept through areas...
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    After five days of erratic motion, Gracie became a major hurricane which struck South Carolina, and weakened as it moved up the Appalachians, bringing...
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    over western North Carolina. The swath of the hurricane's wind impacts in South Carolina was tightly concentrated around the hurricane's center due to its...
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    North Carolina was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, primarily in its western Appalachian region, causing at least 102...
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    The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (119 km/h)...
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    North Carolina hurricanes between 1900 and 1949 encompasses 75 tropical cyclones or their remnants that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively...
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    1940 Louisiana hurricane caused record flooding across much of the Southern United States in August 1940. The second tropical cyclone and hurricane of...
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    South Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast...
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    Prevention "Hurricane Costs". www.coast.noaa.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2018. "Ascertainment of the estimated excess mortality from Hurricane María in Puerto...
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  • List of tropical cyclones spawning tornadoes (category Atlantic hurricanes)
    Shapiro, Emily (6 September 2019). "Hurricane Dorian, already responsible for 20 reported tornadoes, lashes North Carolina coast". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved...
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    Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and...
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    effects of Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina was the costliest natural disaster in the state's history until it was surpassed by Hurricane Florence in...
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  • pressure in the United States Hurricane Three (1940), a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in the South Carolina and Georgia Coast This article...
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    see the formation of the first system in an Atlantic hurricane season. It brushed the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic, causing one death and $7.5 million...
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    a hurricane hitting Charleston, South Carolina, in mid-July, with 80 fatalities and about $21 million in damage occurring, mostly in North Carolina. The...
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    Hurricane Isbell was the final hurricane to affect the United States during the 1964 season. The eleventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the season...
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    in North Carolina. The first hurricane of the season also caused one fatality in Texas, while damage in South Carolina from the fifth hurricane reached...
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    resort city on the East Coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous 60-mile (97 km)...
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    McClellanville is a small fishing town in rural Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census. It is situated...
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    Hurricane Zeta was a late-season tropical cyclone in 2020 that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula and then in southeastern Louisiana, the latest on...
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    Bluffton is a town in southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 27,716, an increase of over 120%...
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  • 20: Tornado. 1939 – WTMA radio begins broadcasting. 1940 – August: 1940 South Carolina hurricane. 1942 – American Theater opens. 1945 – 1945–1946 Charleston...
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    the North Carolina coast. It lies 112 miles (180 km) east of Raleigh, 89 miles (143 km) north of Wilmington, and 162 miles (261 km) south of Norfolk...
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    as O'Sullivan's Island, is a town and island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, with a population...
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  • west-southwest of Ireland Hurricane Two (1885), a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane that made landfall in the Bahamas and South Carolina Hurricane Two (1891), a Category...
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    Roanoke River (category Rivers of North Carolina)
    Dam in 1953. Construction of the dam was precipitated by the 1940 South Carolina hurricane, which caused record flooding in the Roanoke River basin and...
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    Nichols is a town in Marion County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 368 at the 2010 census. Nichols is located at 34°13′58″N 79°8′55″W...
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    The 1908 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season. Thirteen tropical cyclones formed, of which ten became tropical storms; six...
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