At Susan Bowen's house outside Roxboro, the power went out before midnight on Sept. 5, 1996.

The storm compared to Hurricane Hazel, which hit three decades earlier. Fran crippled power, roads and daily life for millions of stricken Tar Heels ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- Thirty years ago this Saturday, Hurricane Fran roared ashore and began a destructive journey that would change the landscape of North Carolina from the coast to the capital in ...

The strong hurricane hit near Wilmington with wind gusts over 120 mph and a 12 foot storm surge from Carolina Beach to ...

Hurricane Fran struck the Cape Fear region in September 1996, bringing hurricane-force winds to Fayetteville. The storm's powerful winds, rather than rain, caused widespread devastation by uprooting ...

I want to share with you what it was like to experience my first and only hurricane I have seen, and that was Hurricane Fran...a storm I will never forget. I took the warnings and advice in ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. — As the Cape Fear approaches the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Fran, a new storm surge pole is helping residents visualize just how high water can rise during a hurricane.

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Sybil, I imagine those are hard to come by more than 11 years after the event, and I didn't see any in a quick web search. However, you can always make your own either by going to a ...

On this day in 1996, Hurricane Fran ripped across the state from Wilmington to Raleigh, smashing houses, scattering cars, knocking down whole forests and killing 37 people - 24 of them Tar Heels. No ...

Ask anyone who was here in September, 1996, about Hurricane Fran. Odds are, they have one common memory: Not rain, but trees. When Fran roared through the Cape Fear region 30 years ago this weekend, ...