Researchers with the Sunny Day Flooding Project used Beaufort’s Front Street as a case study to test a new, real-time sensor framework for detecting and measuring coastal flooding.
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Momentum picks up on draft Flood Resiliency Blueprint
NCDEQ staff and AECOM consulting firm began working with local and state agencies, nonprofits and others last month on creating the draft statewide Flood Resiliency Blueprint.
Environmental Justice Board to assist on flood resiliency
The Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board has appointed a committee to advise the Division of Mitigation Services on including underrepresented communities in its development of a statewide flood resilience plan.
Real Estate Commission grants petition for flood disclosure
The North Carolina Real Estate Commission last week agreed to move forward on a petition filed by a coalition of advocacy groups to add flood-related disclosure requirements.
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The waters of Styron Creek in Sea Level are pushed by high winds Monday onto Cedar Creek Road blocking access to a fish house in Down East Carteret County. Photo: Dylan Ray
Ongoing research project looks at human toll of flooding
The Dynamics of Extreme Events, People and Places project is a collaboration of social and environmental scientists and engineers working to understand how flooding disasters disrupt people’s lives in coastal North Carolina and how communities respond and rebuild.
Surf City to use catch basins to address NC 50 flooding
The Topsail Island town was recently awarded grants to cover the cost of the nature-based solution for its critical stormwater problems on a portion of South Shore Drive, the main thoroughfare and a state highway.
Stormwater, flooding workshop to teach wetland protection
Registration is open for the workshop set for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the New Hanover County Arboretum and North Carolina Cooperative Extension Auditorium in Wilmington.
State to begin developing ‘blueprint’ for flood resiliency
DEQ’s Division of Mitigation Services is looking for input on developing a framework and tools to help reduce flood risk and make communities more resilient.
Ocracoke needs public input on creating resiliency plan
Ocracoke residents, property owners, and other stakeholders are being asked to attend a meeting Jan. 27 and fill in a short survey on ways the community can be more resilient.
Beaufort schedules meeting on resiliency strategy planning
Beaufort officials are hosting Jan. 27 a virtual meeting to go over the first phase of the “Resilient Beaufort” initiative, a project through the state’s Resilient Coastal Communities Program.
Rain, coastal flooding threatens eastern NC this weekend
A strong low-pressure system is expected to impact eastern North Carolina late this weekend.
Years of flood disasters drove NC’s new resiliency funding
After years of climate disasters across North Carolina, the newly approved state budget includes hundreds of millions of dollars for new programs and initiatives to address flooding and bolster resilience to storms.
Storm drain sensors show more frequent nuisance flooding
“We’ve already started seeing how coastal communities are experiencing flooding more often than they were before and especially on sunny days, outside of storm events when tides are particularly high,” says UNC researcher Miyuki Hino.
Coastal storm to bring flooding, strong winds, heavy rain
N.C. 12, the Outer Banks’ major highway, could become impassible over the weekend from ocean overwash as a coastal low moves along the coast.
FEMA seeks comment on National Flood Insurance Program
FEMA is calling for feedback on the program’s management and impacts on threatened and endangered species and their habitats.