January 1, 1998
Author(s)
Richard D. Marshall
… during its passage across North Carolina and Virginia on 5-6 September 1996. Fran was a category 3 hurricane on the … of Cape Fear, the point of landfall. Gust speeds of up to 48 m/s were registered by the C-MAN station at Frying Pan … In terms of losses, North Carolina suffered approximately $5 billion in damages, making Fran one of the more destructive …