People in Chapel Hill and Durham were able to use Hurricane Fran as a baseline to compare what they just saw with Tropical Storm Chantal. Click here for more In fact, the picture at the top of ...

Eighty years later, in September 1996, Hurricane Fran soaked southeastern North Carolina after a very wet summer. Fran was the second hurricane to hit the Cape Fear region that season, following ...

Fran made landfall as a category 3 Hurricane and brought similar rainfall totals to Chantal, dropping between seven and ten inches of rain in the same region as Chantal. Check Out More!

Eighty years later, in September 1996, Hurricane Fran soaked southeastern North Carolina after a very wet summer. Fran was the second hurricane to hit the Cape Fear region that season, ...

The earliest hurricane to impact the Cape Fear region brushed the coast on June 25, 1945. Hurricane Hazel, the strongest to hit North Carolina, landed in Oak Island on October 15, 1954.

People in Chapel Hill and Durham were able to use Hurricane Fran as a baseline to compare what they just saw with Tropical Storm Chantal. In fact, the picture at the top of this article was taken ...