State Climate Office
![in Wilmington Beach, part of modern-day Carolina Beach, from Hazel.](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Hazel_damage_WilmingtonBeach-1.jpg)
Was Hazel North Carolina’s Worst-Case Hurricane?
![Crews line up to restore power after Hugo. (Courtesy of Duke Energy Archives)](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Duke_Hugo_crews-1.jpg)
For Duke Energy, No Shelter From Hugo’s Storm
![A satellite image of Hurricane Hugo](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Hugo_satellite_1989-09-21_1844Z-1.jpg)
How Howling Hugo Became the Western Piedmont’s Worst Hurricane
![The Tar River floods homes in Greenville after Floyd. (Image by Dave Saville/FEMA)](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Greenville_flooding2-1.jpg)
Hurricane Floyd’s Inundation Along the Tar River Spurred a Call to Action
![Hogs atop a barn in Trenton, NC, after Hurricane Floyd. (Image from the Wilmington StarNews)](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pigs_farm_Trenton-1.jpg)
Farmers Felt Hurricane Floyd’s Full Force, Beginning in Onslow County
![A helicopter flies over flooding in Edgecombe County. (Photo by Dave Saville/FEMA)](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Edgecombe_flooding-1.jpg)
Hurricane Floyd’s Flooding Overwhelmed Eastern North Carolina
![](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/NagsHead_flooding-1-1.jpg)
Hurricane Dennis Menaced the Coast and Set the Stage for Floyd
![Weather tower](https://sciences.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSC9458-e1551799920411.jpg)