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Preliminary reports issued by the National Weather Service show wind gusts reached at least 105 mph at the Wilmington airport and ranged from 43 mph to 99 mph across the region.
The eye of Florence directly struck Wrightsville Beach, early Friday. The hurricane officially hit the East Coast around 7:40 a.m. ET as a Category 1 storm.
Florence crept along the coast, dumping lost of water and lashing the area with winds.
PRELIMINARY PEAK WIND GUST TOTALS
Bladen County | |
Turnbull Creek | 47 mph |
Brunswick County | |
Green Swamp-Nature Conservancy | 69 mph |
Sunny Point Military Terminal | 70 mph |
Oak Island | 72 mph |
Caswell Beach | 62 mph |
Bald Head Island | 66 mph |
Frying Pan Shaols Buoy | 83 mph |
Sunset Beach Buoy | 69 mph |
Columbus County | |
Whiteville | 56 mph |
Soules Swamp | 53 mph |
Fair Bluff | 43 mph |
New Hanover County | |
Castle Hayne | 73 mph |
Wilmington Airport | 105 mph |
Kings Grant | 60 mph |
Wrightsville Beach Mercer Pier | 86 mph |
Federal Point-Weatherflow | 99 mph |
Pender County | |
Burgaw | 52 mph |
Currie | 82 mph |
The storm dumped up to 30 inches of rain in parts of Wilmington and almost 36 inches of rain in Elizabethtown. Sunset Beach probably saw the least amount of rain with a little over 10 inches.
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS
Bladen County | |
Elizabethtown | 35.93 |
Turnbull Creek-Bladen Lakes | 23.67 |
Cape Fear River Lock and Dam1 | 22.21 |
Brunswick County | |
Leland | 18.96 |
Bolivia 2E | 19.43 |
Green Swamp-Nature Conservancy | 27.40 |
Sunny Point Military Terminal | 27.44 |
Bolivia 7.8 SW | 23.33 |
Oak Island 0.9ENE | 26.98 |
Caswell Beach | 22.57 |
Yaupon Beach | 22.07 |
Sunset Beach | 10.24 |
Bald Head Island | 12.17 |
Columbus County | |
Whiteville | 22.58 |
Whiteville 6.1 NW | 25.91 |
Chadbourn 1.1 NNW | 18.16 |
Whiteville | 15.38 |
Soules Swamp | 11.50 |
New Hanover County | |
Wilmington 7.3 NE | 26.58 |
Wilmington Airport | 23.02 |
Wilmington 3.0 SE | 20.11 |
Wilmington 3.7 S | 30.10 |
Pender County | |
Watha | 17.49 |
Burgaw 4 E | 22.06 |
Back Island-Holly Shelter Swamp | 20.87 |
Hampstead 4.1 WNW | 29.52 |
The U.S. Military says more than 12,000 troops are supporting federal, state and local response efforts in areas affected by former Hurricane Florence.
U.S. Northern Command said in a news release late Tuesday that about 5,600 personnel are active-duty and reserve forces. Another 6,800 are National Guard.
They’ve been using high-water vehicles and other equipment to rescue dozens of people. They’ve also evacuated hundreds of people from homes and buildings.
U.S. Northern Command said the troops will stay until they’re no longer needed.
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