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Hurricane Diana
was a
Category 4
tropical cyclone
that hit the
United States
east coast in 1984. Diana was a very unusual
storm
.
forecasters
had many problems saying when and where it would strike.
In
September
of the
1984 Atlantic hurricane season
, Diana became an intense tropical cyclone. She had highest winds of 136
miles per hour
(219
km/h
) during its peak. The storm made landfall in southeast
North Carolina
with winds between 88 to 100 mph. The storm itself did not kill anyone, although three deaths were caused by it. Hurricane Diana was the first major
hurricane
in eastern North Carolina in almost three
decades
. Although it was a Category 4 hurricane it caused only
$
65 million in damage.