Hurricane Fran is responsible for 43 deaths in the United States. Many people were killed in North Carolina when hurricane-force winds toppled trees and landed on homes and vehicles. Fran is now a ...

Hurricane Season kicks off on Sunday, marking the start of a 182-day stretch of prime hurricane formation conditions from June 1 through November 30.

The North Carolina State Climate Office estimates ... The Neuse in Smithfield crested two feet higher than it did after Hurricane Fran (1996). The Neuse crested in Kingston at a level that was ...

One of North Carolina's most destructive hurricanes, Hurricane Fran in September 1996, blasted the Triangle with winds at near-hurricane strength. It left a landscape littered without trees in ...