Hurricane DORIAN
SEPTEMBER 2019
QUICK FACTS
Storm Type | Cat. 1 Hurricane
NC Landfall | Cape Hatteras
NC Wind Speed | 100 mph
NC Storm Surge | 4-7 ft
NC Pressure | 956 mb
Total Deaths | 84
Total Cost Then | $4,680,000,000
about this storm
The initial impacts from Dorian actually occurred during the morning hours of September 5 when several tornadoes touched down in eastern North Carolina. The most damaging tornado occurred in Emerald Isle in Carteret County. The tornado touched down shortly after 9 AM and damaged numerous businesses and homes, including the Salty Pirate Water Park. This tornado was rated an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with estimated winds of 115 mph. As a center of Dorian moved just south of the Crystal Coast, with the eye clipping Cape Lookout, peak wind gusts of 110 mph were recorded at the Cedar Island Ferry Terminal, 89 mph at Fort Macon, 85 mph at Beaufort and 82 mph at Cape Lookout. Rainfall totals of 5 up to 10 inches were common near the North Carolina coast. Storm surge flooding occurred in Cedar Island. The most severe storm surge flooding occurred on Ocracoke Island where several people were trapped in their attics by flooding from the 4-to-7-foot storm surge, requiring rescue by boats. People were airlifted off the island to shelters on the mainland while food and water were brought in to residents on the island. North Carolina Highway 12 along Ocracoke Island suffered damage from flooding. More than 190,000 North Carolina homes lost power during the storm.
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A FEw HeadLINES
Message From a Proud Island: βWe Need Your Helpβ via NY Times
Benefit concert for Dorian victims this weekend via WCTI12
Down East, church rally for neighbors via Carteret County News-Times
Ocracoke Tries To Pick Up The Pieces After Dorian via WUNC 91.5
They Rode Out Dorian in the Outer Banks. Now Comes the Hard Part via NY Times
Two Ministers, Two Islands, One Family: Ocracoke recovery efforts hit close to home for a Rodanthe Pastor via Island Free Press
Damaged Homes, Piles Of Debris. How Are Ocracoke Residents Recovering After Hurricane Dorian? via WUNC 91.5
βIβll Just Have to Restart Everythingβ: Ocracoke Island Is Hit Hard by Dorian via NY Times
On Hatteras Island, communities come together, clean up and try to smile after Dorian via The News & Observer
Total devastation:β U.S. island hit hardest by Dorian prepares for long recovery via Washington Post
NC wild horse manager says a herd lost 28 horses in Dorian via Washington Post
Hurricane Dorian left nearly $15 million in damages from Duck to Hatteras Island via Island Free Press
The Story of Dorian: First Two Weeks via Ocracoke Current
Ocracoke & Hatteras locals pull together to continue health care delivery post-flood via Ocracoke Observer
Story of Dorian: Grief, Loss, Change via Ocracoke Current
Dorian vignettes via Ocracoke Observer
βIt will never be the same againβ via The Outer Banks Voice
Hatteras Island CERT Team Gives Thanks for Over 4,000 Hours of Volunteer Work Following Dorian via Island Free Press
Amid flooding and rising sea levels, residents of one barrier island wonder if itβs time to retreat via Washington Post
Cows swept out to sea by Hurricane Dorian are found months later via The Charlotte Observer
Ocracoke Islanders in Raleigh plead for post-Dorian appropriation via Ocracoke Observer
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SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Unfortunately, Hurricane #Dorian storm surge damage was as predicted in Ocracoke. We measured 4.6 ft at the Village Craftsman in the island's center, 4 to 6 ft elsewhere. The mark for Matthew ('16) was 2.5 ft. Many accounts of rapidly rising water once winds shifted northwest. pic.twitter.com/8xhOd4peBF
— David Glenn (@WxPermitting) September 23, 2019
That specific moment when a hurricane makes the only US landfall (4th of it's journey) over Cape Hatteras at 8:35am. #Dorian pic.twitter.com/olpQGVGFVj
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