New Online Guide Offers Resources in Spanish for Hurricane Season

July 20, 2021 | Lauren Pharr

"Prepárate NC" is an online guide for the hurricane season in Spanish....

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Don’t Wait for Shark Week to Use Your Shark Sense

June 30, 2020 | Dave Shaw

There’s no reason to wait until the Discovery Channel's annual “Shark Week” this August to dive into shark DOs and DON’Ts....

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Rip Currents Webinar Includes Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

June 2, 2020 | Katelyn Vause

On Tuesday, June 16, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., NWS Wilmington and the NC Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing will host a rip current basics and safety webinar....

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Sharks in North Carolina: Reduce Your Risk of an Encounter

June 17, 2019 | Katelyn Vause

Many people are surprised to learn that “North Carolina is a very sharky place,” notes Chuck Bangley, a researcher now with the Smithsonian. North Carolina Sea Grant funded several of his shark research projects while he was earning his doctorate at East Carolina University, and he now is working on a related study funded by the North Carolina Aquariums....

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Memories of Hazel’s Tornado

September 14, 2018 | Marisa Incremona

The full thrust of Hurricane Florence was still along North Carolina’s coast and southeastern counties this afternoon. But the National Weather Service was issuing tornado warnings even for communities near Wake County....

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