![]() ![]() Particularly hard hit were Lumberton, where hundreds were left homeless, and Hoppersville, near Kinston, where water was reported to be lapping at the rooftops of deserted homes. In Canetuck Township in Pender County, 175 people were isolated as the flooding from the Cape Fear and Black Rivers prevented them from evacuating. The Red Cross and Army Corps of Engineers delivered relief supplies by boat. Several other towns were also temporarily isolated and ran low on supplies. Transportation was greatly affected with roads and rail lines flooded or cut by flood waters. Rail and bus service between towns was limited for several weeks because bridges and rail lines were out of service. Total property and crop damage is not known. Robeson County alone had thousands of dollars in damage to homes and approximately $1 million in crop damage. Remarkably, a similar event occurred in October 1929, with crests generally lower than in 1928 however, the resulting crop damage in these 2 years prompted the U.S. Path of the Okeechobee Hurricane September 10 to 20, 1928, courtesy the National Hurricane Center Senate to pass a $6 million farm relief bill for the Southeast in 1930. ![]() Two tropical cyclones wreaked havoc on western North Carolina in July 1916. The first storm, a major hurricane, made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Alabama on July 5. The storm then moved slowly north, producing heavy rainfall over the mountains and foothills of North Carolina as it weakened and dissipated over southeast Tennessee a few days later. This storm produced no flooding, but the ground was thoroughly saturated and streams were running high when the second storm, a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall on the South Carolina coast on July 14. ![]() This storm moved west and passed over Charleston and Columbia, reaching the southern North Carolina mountains on the 15th and 16th as a tropical storm. Record rainfall was widespread, with one observer in Altapass, NC, recording 22.22 inches of rain for the 24-hour period from 2 pm, July 15-16. ![]()
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