Spills · hurricane
North carolina, USA
Hurricane Florence; North Carolina, USA · NOAAORR-9789
- issued
- 2018-09-09 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2018-09-23 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2018-09-23 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 33.980, -77.959
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Hurricane Florence; North Carolina, USA. North Carolina, USA. 1. Florence become a major hurricane on Monday September 10. Landfall is expected near the Cape Fear/Wilmington, NC area later in the week. NWS expects significant storm surge, elevated wind speeds, heavy rains, flooding, high surf and dangerous rip currents. This hotline was opened to capture information about the storm. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: FUEL AND HAZMATS. TAGS: HURRICANE. 3. POSITION 33.980N 077.959W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9789: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9789
This area · spills & pollution incidents
148 within 180 nm since 1985 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- Derelict fishing vessel sunk in pamlico sound; buxton, north carolina2025-09-29
- Hilton head island, broad creek, sc2025-06-09
- Ocracoke, nc, USA2025-02-12
- Request for whale carcass drift analysis off the north carolina coast2024-03-05
- Dead north atlantic right whale; floating off the coast of georgia2024-02-14
- North myrtle beach, sc, USA2023-08-09
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8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
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