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LEGAL TIDES: Repair and Rebuild: After the Storms

Hurricanes

New research suggests that climate change will fuel more supercharged storms, bringing even bigger challenges to coastal and inland North Carolina. For over four decades, Coastwatch has documented the storms that have shaped our state.

In 1999, Hurricane Floyd caused flooding in many areas of southeast Kinston near the Adkin Branch of the Neuse River.

Sep 1, 2004

Weathering the Storm: Five Years After Floyd

It's been five years since Hurricane Floyd flooded the state's coastal plain with misery, but for Harned and thousands of North Carolinians, memories of the 1999 storm are razor sharp.
Hurricane Floyd

Jun 1, 2000

SEA SCIENCE: Floyd Follow-up: The Lingering Effects

As spring turns into summer, North Carolina Sea Grant researchers have a watchful eye on coastal waters — and they will have some high-tech eyes as well. Efforts to determine…
1999 hurricane season

May 1, 2000

LEGAL TIDES: Repair and Rebuild: After the Storms

By the time he made landfall, Floyd's wind force had been downgraded. But, as the storm made its way inland, it was clear that the toll would be high for the Brunswick County community of 7,000, Oak Island Mayor Joan Altman recalls.