AccuWeather on Wednesday issued a preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from an unnamed storm that struck North Carolina starting last week at $7 billion.
Storm effects are continuing to be felt, and some areas have yet to report complete information about damage and other impacts.
The National Hurricane Center never officially named the storm that brought one-in-1000-year extreme rainfall, severe flooding, wind gusts to nearly 80 mph and storm surge flooding to parts of North Carolina. AccuWeather rated the storm a 1 on its RealImpact Scale for Hurricanes, the second level