NCDOT is readying for hurricane season with a new system that can track in real time flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts.
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Officials urge residents to ready for hurricane season
Officials encourage residents to take action now to prepare for hurricane season, which begins in less than a month.
Jockey’s Ridge joining real-time weather data network
ECOnet, an online weather and soil data program through the State Climate Office of North Carolina, will soon be able to collect information from Jockey’s Ridge State Park, the first of the program’s weather stations on the Outer Banks.
Know your hurricane risk, FEMA, NOAA encourage
Top officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stressed Wednesday the importance of preparing for hurricanes and understanding risk.
Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards training set
The online course is to help coastal managers and planners plan and implement green infrastructure projects to reduce impacts of coastal hazards in their community.
Dare’s emergency director to serve on FEMA council
Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson has been appointed to serve on the FEMA’s Region 4 Advisory Council.
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.
Homeowners wait for long-promised state hurricane relief
Coastal residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Matthew and Florence say they’re frustrated with long delays, caseworker turnover and unfulfilled promises from Rebuild NC.
Cooper appoints Eddie Buffaloe as DPS secretary
Buffaloe, the current president of the N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, most recently served as director of Public Safety for the Elizabeth City Department of Public Safety and interim city manager.
September is National Preparedness Month
September is National Preparedness Month and FEMA is encouraging residents to “Prepare to Protect” their loved ones.
State, FEMA approves millions to help flooded homeowners
Dare County has been awarded $4.2 million to elevate homes, one of the many counties to be awarded through the North Carolina Emergency Management and FEMA Hazard Mitigation Program.
Online Spanish resource guide offered for hurricane season
Enlace Latino NC, a Spanish-language news service, recently launched Prepárate NC, an online guide with resources for the hurricane season in Spanish.
Tropical Storm Elsa forecast to move across NC Thursday
Threats of minor impacts such as heavy rain, localized flooding, gusty winds, minor soundside flooding and isolated tornadoes continue for eastern North Carolina Thursday as Tropical Storm Elsa moves across the state.
Elsa on track to reach eastern NC by Wednesday night
Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to approach eastern North Carolina late Wednesday night and move through the central and eastern parts of the state on Thursday.
Elsa expected to weaken before crossing central, eastern NC
Though Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to weaken to a depression before moving across parts of North Carolina, impacts still will be felt in the eastern part of the state Thursday into Thursday evening.
National Hurricane Center says Elsa earliest ‘E’ storm
Tropical Storm Elsa is the earliest named E storm since 1966, or in the satellite era, proving the NOAA Climate Prediction Center’s forecast of a busy hurricane season.
