Five Outer Banks Homes Collapse Into the Ocean as Storms Hammer North Carolina Coast
Five unoccupied houses collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda stirred up powerful surf offshore, officials said. The homes, once perched on high…
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About Hurricane Humberto
Hurricane Humberto was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused extensive wind damage in Bermuda during September 2019. It was the eighth named storm, third hurricane, and second major hurricane – Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale – of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Humberto formed on September 13 from the prolonged interaction of a tropical wave and an upper-level trough, then paralleled the eastern coastline of Florida through September 16 before turning sharply northeastward. A generally favorable environment allowed Humberto to become a hurricane that day, and the storm further strengthened to reach peak intensity as a Category 3 hurricane on September 18. After its center passed within 65 miles (105 km) of Bermuda around 00:00 UTC on September 19, the system encountered stronger wind shear and drier air. Stripped of its deep thunderstorm activity, the system transitioned to a potent extratropical cyclone early on September 20.
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