Don’t sleep on North and South Carolina. They’re like the understudies who suddenly become stars. The coast there, especially around Cape Hatteras, is called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” for ships, but it’s also a hurricane magnet. Hurricane Florence in 2018 sat over the Carolinas for three days, dumping 30 inches of rain. That’s more water than a fire hydrant can spray in a year. Residents started calling their lawns “backyard lakes” and charging rent for ducks.
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