Hazel's highest measured gusts in North Carolina topped 98 mph in Wilmington, 110 mph in Fayetteville and 90 mph in Raleigh. Inland, Goldsboro, Kinston and Faison all notched speeds of 120 mph.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In Week five of Tracking the Tropics, we head out to Houston to discuss June storms and take a look back at the devastation of Hurricane Hazel which birthed the nickname ...

Does hurricane history repeat itself? Gerald Glaubitz hopes not. He says one hurricane he'd never want to see the likes of again was Hurricane Connie, a deadly storm that clobbered this area in August ...

On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel roared ashore near the South Carolina-North Carolina line. Winds topped 130 mph, and a powerful storm surge left entire communities shattered. Hazel killed nearly ...