Hurricane Matthew Oct 7, 2016
Twenty-six people died in storm-related incidents across North Carolina.
680,000 in North Carolina were without power at one point.
Sections of Interstate 95 in South Carolina and in North Carolina had to be shut down as a result of hurricane flooding.
The North Carolina section reopened October 17.
After 10 in (25 cm) of rain fell in Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Robeson Counties on September 28 causing flooding,
Matthew dumped another 10 to 14 in (25 to 36 cm).
As a result, the Lumber River reached a record 24 ft (7.3 m) in the south end of Lumberton, breaking the record of 20.5 ft (6.2 m) feet.
Robeson County schools did not reopen until October 31.[145]
In Smithfield, the Neuse River crested at 29.09 ft (8.87 m), 2 ft (0.61 m) higher than after Hurricane Fran.
In Kinston, the Neuse crested at 28.31 ft (8.63 m), a foot (300 mm) higher than the record set by Hurricane Floyd.
In Greenville, the Tar River crested at 24.5 ft (7.5 m).
Preliminary estimates indicate that roughly 100,000 structures were flooded across the state and damage reached US$1.5 billion.
In North Carolina, nearly 900 people had been rescued by boat crews by the morning of October 9.
In April 2017, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper requested $929 million in federal funds.
The following month, the Trump administration denied more than 99 percent of this request and only provided $6.1 million to the state.
Hurricane Hazel Oct 15, 1954 landfall as category 4
Nineteen people were killed in North Carolina, with several hundred more injured;
15,000 homes were destroyed and another 39,000 were damaged.
The number of people left homeless by the storm was "uncounted thousands".
Damages in the Carolinas amounted to $163 million, with $61 million incurred by beachfront property.
Total damage in the United States ranged from $281 million to $308 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Matthew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Helene
found it interesting, the dramatic language used in the helene wiki page in comparison to the other two.