RALEIGH — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted paying out the $134 million owed to dozens of North Carolina counties for repairs after Hurricane Matthew, WRAL reported. The recent aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida has pushed recovery from Hurricane Matthew, which took place…
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State Gets $4.5 Million for Matthew Recovery
RALEIGH — North Carolina has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the federal government for Hurricane Matthew relief, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the funds, which are designed to help some of the most-affected victims navigate long-term recovery. The Disaster Case Management Grant…
UNC Collaboratory Set to Begin Research
…and students across the system that are working on Hurricane Matthew projects to have a coordinating body,” Wall said. Smith, a professor in UNC’s Department of City and Regional Planning, also proposes deploying researchers to assist with needs assessments and recovery planning in areas hit by Matthew. The collaboratory also…
Consensus builds for major flood mitigation legislation
…Last week, a House committee approved the latest version of a long-term effort to address the growing risk of widespread flooding. Although driven by catastrophes like Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence, the scope of the legislation recognizes vulnerabilities to flooding throughout the state. “This bipartisan measure reflects input from leaders…
Bill Directs $400 Million to Florence Recovery
…for us to be pouring money into wastewater infrastructure in the floodplain or repairing hog lagoons that are in the floodplain,” she said. The kind of flooding from Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence is “becoming the new normal,’ she said. “We need to be more thoughtful about how…
Powerful Surge in Store for Sounds, Rivers
…protective structure like a dune line intact and good and beefy.” CERA Hurricane Dorian screen grab from National Hurricane Center’s forecast track, 2 p.m. Sept. 4. For now, Hurricane Dorian is expected to move along the coast much faster than Hurricane Florence, reducing the chances for heavy inland flooding. Its…
Past Hurricanes Have Led to Tighter Rules
…the North Carolina Building Code Council adopted specific hurricane-resistant rules for small residential buildings on the state’s barrier islands. It’s still too soon to know what, if any, regulatory changes may come of the lessons learned from Hurricane Matthew in October, but the implementation of more stringent building codes for…
Cooper: $1.5 Billion In Storm Recovery Needs
…of floodplains. A comparison of conditions during and damage from Hurricane Florence with hurricanes Matthew and Floyd. Source: Governor’s office In all, damage from Florence is estimated at $13 billion, close to the combined costs of Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Floyd. Of that, an estimated $3.3 billion is covered under…
Bogue Banks Beaches Appear Spared
…Emerald Isle. “The storm was remarkably reminiscent of Hurricane Matthew (in 2016),” he said. “Same path, pretty much the same forward speed.” Matthew was a Category 1 storm transitioning to a tropical storm, while Dorian was a Category 2 storm that transitioned to a Category 1 as it approached the…
Debris Piles Present Mounting Challenges
…associated with Hurricane Michael but trucks were back out Friday. As of Wednesday, 349,833 cubic yards of vegetative debris had been collected, nearly triple the amount of debris collected after Hurricane Matthew, and 573 cubic yards of construction and demolition debris collected, which began Oct. 6. There were 5,271 hazardous…
Seeds of Resilience May Be In Forests, Farms
…to crops. Floods delay planting and harvesting, strand livestock and leave fields inaccessible. The devastation wrought by Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence brought about major changes in the way the state handles long and short-term disaster response. The one-two punch of 500-year storms that struck less than two years apart…
Disaster Recovery Bill Clears Legislature
…Hurricane Matthew related federal disaster assistance programs. $4,176,245 for state match for Hurricane Matthew related federal disaster assistance programs. $17,800,000 for state match for Hurricane Dorian-related federal disaster assistance programs and similar state assistance that may supplement federal assistance or cover housing repairs and rehabilitation for those who do not…