…final legislation authorizing the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to remove storm-related vessels considered abandoned or derelict. This legislation dedicated $1 million in state appropriations for the commission to remove the vessels left by hurricanes Florence and Matthew. The division, the commission and the federation have chosen which abandoned vessels…
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State seeks feedback on $34.6M mitigation plan
Flooding after Hurricane Florence Sept. 18, 2018, in Topsail Beach. Photo: Topsail Beach The state is asking for feedback on a proposal to spend a new allocation of $34.6 million in mitigation funds related to Hurricane Florence. The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency will accept comment until June…
Five years after Florence: A look back at resilience efforts
…still reeling from the storm’s floodwaters. Blue tarps remain on unpatched roofs, businesses have not returned and communities have experienced disproportionate recoveries. The immediate and residual impacts from hurricanes Florence and Matthew, Tropical Storm Fred and other subsequent unnamed flooding events have had long-lasting impacts on communities. As a result,…
NCDOT Secretary Warns of ‘Barricades’
…financial review conducted for the department, its cash reserves had been depleted over the past year to the near minimum required by law over costs related to hurricanes Florence, Michael and Matthew, as well as response to snowstorms, rockslides and flash flooding. There were also high costs from the Map…
New Dare Flood Maps Misrepresent Risk
…a recent telephone interview. Since the storm surge modeling started around 2010, data from hurricanes Irene in August 2011, Matthew in September 2016, or Florence in September 2018, were not included. But those storms created significant flooding and/or storm surge on the Outer Banks. Prior to the new maps, Dare’s…
Summit Focuses on Climate Risks, Response
…Resiliency under the Department of Public Safety is among the state’s latest climate adaptation initiatives. The office was created to oversee the recovery and rebuilding from past and future natural disasters and to administer federally funded grants for victims of Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. Last October, the governor signed Executive…
Town Mulls Closing Street Wiped by Erosion
…create a municipal service district with an annual tax on owners there to pay for maintenance, Leidy said. Such a district could be set up to also pay for hurricane protection and erosion control. “We believe that repairs and improvements made to Seagull Drive if they constitute an erosion control…
Homebuyers have a right to know about past flood damage
…the state’s ongoing recovery from hurricanes Matthew in 2016, Florence in 2018, and other flooding events that have occurred throughout the state, this decision is long overdue. As we enter the most active part of 2023 hurricane season, the commission is taking the right step at the right time. To…
NC Has Plan, But Resilience Work Lies Ahead
…2018 to streamline recovery programming and assistance and administer programs for homeowner recovery, affordable housing, mitigation, buyout and local government grants and loans. So far, the state has spent more than $3.5 billion in state and federal funding in recovery for hurricanes Matthew and Florence. In anticipation of the release…
Amanda Martin to Lead Resilience Office
…office administers programs that support homeowner recovery, affordable housing, mitigation, strategic buyout, local government grants and loans, and pandemic-related rent and utility assistance. The state has invested more than $3.6 billion in state and federal funding to support recovery from hurricanes Matthew, Florence, Dorian and Isaias. Learn more about NCORR’s…
New Stormwater Plan Puts Nature to Work
…drink, swim or eat seafood, you share my concern for clean water,” Todd Miller said. He continued that state leaders are taking significant steps to address flood risk — the North Carolina General Assembly spent more than $1.4 billion on hurricanes Matthew and Florence recovery – and lawmakers are now…
NTB Weighs How to Pay $3M Yearly For Sand
…the federal project. That cost the town about $16 million and, Leonard said, has proved to be a success because the dune structure built as a result of the project has protected the homes and infrastructure behind it through three storms – hurricanes Matthew, Florence and Dorian. “The fact is…