Skip to main content
Coastwatch Covers Hurricane Helene’s Record-Breaking Strength

Flooding

The North Carolina National Guard in Beulaville, NC, after Hurricane Florence.

Sep 8, 2025

Storm Readiness and Recovery Basics

Practical Information for You and Your Community During and After a Major Storm
Hurricane Florence.

Sep 2, 2025

Hurricane Season Is Here

Guidance from NOAA advises people not to focus on a specific storm category. A storm's “scale” only reflects the strongest winds near the center of the storm — not potentially life-threatening flooding from storm surge or rain. 
An urban street is partly flooded with saltwater from a high tide flood. Cars are parked in and driving through the floodwaters.

Jun 5, 2025

NC Sea Grant Research on Coastal Flooding Featured in Washington Post

NC Sea Grant researcher Katherine Anarde and her team studied flooding in three NC, communities, Beaufort, Sea Level, and Carolina Beach, using a network of land-based sensors.
image: teacher hoisted onto frying Pan Tower.

Feb 25, 2025

Coastwatch Publishes the Winter 2025 Issue

The Winter 2025 issue of North Carolina Sea Grant’s award-winning Coastwatch magazine covers a new threat to the oyster industry, an innovative project that took teachers out to Frying Pan Tower, how volunteers helped responders find survivors after Hurricane Helene, and much more.
image: broken road, Hendersonville area in North Carolina.

Oct 17, 2024

Coastwatch Covers Hurricane Helene’s Record-Breaking Strength

The Fall 2024 issue of North Carolina Sea Grant’s award-winning Coastwatch magazine explores the catastrophic power of Hurricane Helene. The print edition of the Fall issue was already at press when Helene devastated western North Carolina, but the NC State Climate Office’s Corey Davis provides context for the record-breaker in his special online-only feature about the hurricane’s strength...