Hurricane Bertha (1996)

For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Bertha (disambiguation).

Hurricane Bertha was a Cape Verde type hurricane that formed in July 1996. It was a category 3 at peak strength but made landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina as a category 2, causing a 6 foot high storm surge. It caused $270,000,000 dollars in damage, and killed 8 people. It is best remembered in North Carolina as a forerunner of the much more destructive Hurricane Fran, which struck just over a month later.

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