…more than the combined cost of Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island, like much of Down East, was not spared. The 22,000-square foot facility suffered millions of dollars in damage. After extensive repairs and being sidelined…
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Bills to Cut Streams, Shoals Regulations
…Millis said if the corps agrees to the change, it would align North Carolina with standards in South Carolina and Georgia. Upper Neuse Riverkeeper Matthew Starr said the changes are both bad policy and bad timing considering the extensive flooding witnessed during Hurricane Matthew. “Just months after the worst recorded…
Oak Island Pier Closed, to be Rebuilt
…Star News, the pier was closed for about two weeks after Hurricane Matthew. It’s had a rough history. The pier was closed after Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and was also rebuilt after damage in 1972 and 1992. Learn More Read the Star News report Read the announcement from the town…
Recovery Office Helps Thousands in First Year
…cash flow to start federally reimbursable programs or address local capacity needs. In 2019, the program disbursed more than $7.9 million in grants and over $22.2 million in loans to 21 communities. NCORR is preparing to launch new Hurricane Matthew programs that will include a homeowner buyout program to relocate…
Flood-resilience study reveals solutions, big challenges
…held back under different types of storms and strategies and what those combinations meant downstream. The revelations of what Doll calls “getting into the nuts and bolts” of resilience and mitigation were both promising and sobering. For the larger storms, the 500-year storms like Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence, the…
Lower Neuse River adapted, recovered from Florence: Study
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image of Hurricane Florence shortly after landfall. Study area shown in the box. Image: A recently published study examining the effects of Hurricane Florence on the lower Neuse River reveals how one river system adapted to the type of coastal storm forecasted to be…
Study: Climate Change Key in Cycle of Floods
…nutrient and carbon inputs attributable to Florence are yet to be fully tallied, the rainfall associated with the storm was roughly equivalent to Matthew in 2016. As with Floyd and Matthew, Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters led to “freshening” and expanding hypoxic zones in the Albemarle Pamlico system, with “massive pulses of…
Officials testify before legislative panel on flood blueprint
After Hurricane Matthew in 2016 flood waters remain high in Kinston neighborhoods. Photo: Jocelyn Augustino/ Federal Emergency Management Agency After more than a year, a statewide flood-planning tool remains in development, but North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality officials said this week that their “goal is to begin helping some…
Dorian Remains Part of Life on Ocracoke
…the most recent hurricane to hit the island, could modify it with “barely.” Related: Island Voices: The Latest Storm of A Lifetime Ocracoke’s community has withstood major hurricanes over the centuries, sometimes in sensational fashion. In early September 1913, a hurricane struck eastern North Carolina. A national news dispatch on…
Dismal Swamp Canal Dredging to Begin
…of schedule because of residual from the 2016 Hurricane Matthew. The project is “an effort to eliminate shoaling while enhancing safe navigation and local commercial interests,” according to the release. The Dismal Swamp Canal, along with the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, are alternative routes along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between…
Pender Seeks Public Input on Planning
BURGAW – Pender County emergency management officials have set a public meeting with North Carolina Emergency Management at 6 p.m. March 2 regarding development of a resilient redevelopment plan in response to damage from Hurricane Matthew. The meeting will be held at the county Emergency Operations Center, 805 Ridgewood Drive…
McCrory Signs $200M Recovery Bill
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory signed a $200 million disaster recovery bill into law yesterday to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and wildfires in the western part of the state. Another disaster recovery bill is expected to be passed next year. Lawmakers said the current bill will cover…