Hurricane Emily was the strongest storm of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, and caused record flooding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The fifth named storm of the season, Emily became a tropical storm on August 25, after becoming nearly stationary southeast of Bermuda. On August 31, the hurricane reached peak winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) on its approach to North Carolina. Part of the eye passed over Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks, but its absolute center remained 23 mi (37 km) offshore. Emily's strong winds coincided with high tides during a full moon, causing severe flooding along the Pamlico Sound. The villages of Avon and Hatteras were inundated, and in Buxton, the floods left behind water marks as high as 10.54 ft (3.21 m). The storm wrecked 553 homes, leaving a quarter of the Cape Hatteras population homeless. Off the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia, three swimmers drowned.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1802:

Gia Long conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Long

1894:

Jules-Albert de Dion finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion

1983:

The Communist Polish government ended the 19-month period of martial law it had imposed in an attempt to counter political opposition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland

1991:

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

radiole: 1. (zoology) The spine of a sea urchin. 2. (zoology) A heavily ciliated feather-like tentacle occuring in clusters on the crowns of certain tubeworms, especially those of the order Canalipalpata (the fan-head worms), used for feeding and respiration. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/radiole

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