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<br />Mitigation Strategy Report <br />FEMA-1134-DR-NC <br /> <br />State of North Carolina <br />Division of Emergency Management <br /> <br />II. Hurricane Fran <br /> <br />On Thursday, September 5, 1996 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Hurricane Fran struck the North <br />Carolina coast at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The storm continued on a northerly course <br />across the State, passing through Raleigh and continuing into Virginia (see Figures 1 and 2). <br /> <br />Figure 1: Hurricane Fran Storm Track <br /> <br />Twenty-four <br />fatalities occurred. <br />Three of these <br />fatalities were <br />caused by drowning <br />in flood waters, <br />twelve were related <br />to fallen trees, and <br />nine were caused <br />by other storm- <br />related events. <br /> <br />Coastal and inland <br />areas were <br />severely impacted <br />by flooding. <br />Hurricane Bertha <br />combined with the <br />su bseq uent <br />passage of a frontal <br />system had <br />saturated the soil <br />prior to Fran's <br />arrival. <br /> <br />, <br />.., <br />.. <br />I :"""'- I Fir \ 1j' I' " <br />{~ir: ;.~ ~ \~~- ~ . <br />.t'I1ifi.'F'- .~ ~ I '''' \ <br />~l :~~~t 1.~,,';4k'_~,,' <br />1~{S}rl 'I ~'~nf~xXf:iY.~ttl <br />.,-,('. .~~~ <br />", .)."c > ..J;; <br />~ .. c. - <br />....... ,: :~_qV ,. <br />"..L.-.'..... . <br />~' <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />ill <br />Ith, <br /> <br />1"1) <br /> <br />.., <br />~ <br />, <br /> <br />Fi!!Ure 2: Declared Counties Following Hurricanes Bertha and Fran <br /> <br /> <br />Hurricane <br />Fran, only " <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />