Nuclear power has once again withstood threats from Mother Nature. Hurricane Florence, which battered the U.S. East Coast in September, was worse than predicted. “Many of the dire predictions came true,” wrote Grist magazine reporter Eric Holthaus. “In the past few days, Hurricane Florence has become the worst rainstorm in history for North Carolina, as well as the entire East Coast.” The four-day rainfall accumulation of nearly 36 inches, which was measured in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, is above the previous record for a hurricane anywhere on the East Coast. It broke the North Carolina record by nearly a foot. In […] Read more about Hurricane Florence no threat to nuclear power plants