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NC Hurricane Awareness Week #1: Hurricane History

By Gannon Medwick
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Since 1886, over 1000 tropical systems have formed in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico and nearly 20 percent of all of those tropical systems passed within at least 300 miles of North Carolina!  In four of the last ten hurricane seasons, two or more tropical storms / hurricanes directly hit North Carolina:

- 1999 (Dennis and Floyd)
- 2004 (Bonnie, Charley, Frances, Gaston, Jeanne, and Ivan)
- 2006 (Alberto and Ernesto)
- 2008 (Cristobal and Hanna)

For a full North Carolina hurricane history summary, CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE for a list of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season storm names.

Also, since the 2009 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season officially begins in just over one week (June 1), be sure to frequent Storm Team 9’s online Hurricane Center (CLICK HERE).

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