Search Results for "Hurricane Matthew"

Mar 31, 2025

Networks of Recovery

From Matthew to Helene, the North Carolina Inclusive Disaster Recovery Network has connected organizations and vulnerable communities.

Oct 14, 2024

The Catastrophic Power of Hurricane Helene

Only six years separate Florence and Helene, but these “once-in-a-thousand-year” hurricanes have much in common. Along with other storms that have hit our state, Helene offers lessons — and a warning.

Feb 26, 2024

Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

Pamlico River, Beaufort County, NC. Credit: Eifel Kreutz. ECOSYSTEM SOLUTIONS Reducing the Nutrient Load: How an Alternative Method of Wastewater Treatment Could Help the Tar-Pamlico Recover Are hybrid constructed wetlands part…

Jan 4, 2024

Ecosystems Solutions

Reducing the Nutrient Load: How an Alternative Method of Wastewater Treatment Could Help the Tar-Pamlico Recover

Jul 10, 2023

The Road Less Traveled: An Academic Journey from Undergrad to Professor

Fidan has developed a framework to model the daily flood extent in the North Carolina Coastal Plain area after Hurricane Matthew.

Jun 3, 2023

Climate Resilience: Natural Landscapes and Flood Mitigation in New Bern

1996 marked an abrupt uptick in hurricane activity in coastal North Carolina, when tropical storm Arthur and hurricanes Bertha and Fran made landfall within a few months of each other. These storms caused billions of dollars in damage and significant loss of life. Since then, 38 tropical systems have impacted North Carolina.

Sep 13, 2022

Troubled Waters: Flooding, Contaminants, and Heightened Risks 

Underserved communities in North Carolina disproportionately experience the adverse effects of flooding and poor water quality. Why is this? And what can we do about it?

Nov 23, 2021

Letter from the Executive Director

Winter 2021: New Plans and Partners for the New Year

Nov 23, 2021

Five Years Later: Lessons Learned From Matthew

Torrential inland flooding from the 2016 hurricane was a wakeup call, sparking state investment in coordinated resilience efforts.

Nov 23, 2021

Conserving a Culture: Land Development, Climate Change, and the Gullah/Geechee Nation

“We teach our children the same traditional ways to go out in the water, and the same traditional ways to live from the land: only when things are in season.”