Hurricane Florence batters Monolithic Domes in North Carolina [Updated] Hurricane Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on the morning of September 14, 2018. It has weakened to a Category 1 storm but is producing heavy rainfall and will cause flooding across the area. (NOAA) Down by the ocean after the storm passed. (Eric Cagle) Eric Cagle’s dome on the hill. (Eric Cagle) Trees stripped of limbs after the storm. (Eric Cagle)