In the News

To read about Center experts discussing recent hurricanes, visit our Hurricane Season 2017 or Hurricane Season 2018 pages.
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Coastal Resilience Center projects in the news:

• Snapshot: Vulnerability Reduction Scorecard helps cities save lives and resources by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (5.14.19)

• USA: Study: Mitigation investments yield returns in eastern North Carolina by PreventionWeb (5.13.19)

• CRC releases first impact video as part of upcoming series by UNC Research Communications // Inside Research (5.10.19)

• News Release: DHS selects 2019 participants for minority serving institutions Summer Research Team program by Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (4.16.19)

• Rising threat: Can Providence’s hurricane barrier withstand sea-level rise? by Alex Kuffner // Providence Journal (4.2.19)

• Innovation Capital by Innovate Carolina (3.22.19)

• Damaged by hurricanes, a historic North Carolina town plans for a resilient future by Virginia Fall, Andy Fox, & Lindsey Naylor // Medium (2.6.19)

• Dr. Gavin Smith on “The Big Picture with Olivier Knox” // POTUS/SiriusXM (1.31.19)

• Floods: The river didn’t rise like that by Zoeann Murphy and Chris Mooney // The Washington Post (1.29.19)

• Hurricane Matthew recovery reports available on CRC website by UNC Research (1.28.19)

• What happens when a family loses everything? (video) by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Alexander Hotz and Todd Holmes // The Wall Street Journal (12.31.18)

• Snapshot: S&T-sponsored technology assesses bridge safety after powerful storms by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (11.13.18)

• A lesson of Hurricane Michael: Our policymakers are failing us by Darien Alexander Williams // Undark (10.25.18)

• What we learned from Hurricane Florence by UNC-TV (10.19.18)

• Gavin Smith on 9 News Wide Bay (Australia) (10.18.18)

• Rick Luettich discusses storm surge on The Viewpoint // WTKF (10.11.18)

• Tropical Storm Michael’s effects reach state by Coastal Review Online (10.10.18)

• Hurricane Michael live updates: Category 2 storm bears down on Florida Panhandle by The New York Times (10.9.18)

• The Daniel Levitt podcast – Rick Luettich (10.8.18)

• As storms keep coming, FEMA spends billions in ‘cycle’ of damage and repair by Kevin Sack and John Schwartz // The New York Times (10.8.18)

• Best Practice/Good Practice Highlight: Coastal Resilience Center project focuses on integrating planning for hazards by American Planning Association Hazard Mitigation & Disaster Recovery Planning Division (10.5.18)

• North Carolina learns more lessons from latest storm by Pam Radtke Russell // Engineering News-Record (10.3.18)

• North Carolina town may never fully recover from double whammy of storms by Randall Hill // Reuters (10.3.18)

• Wastewater overflow due to Florence causes health and environmental concerns by Henry Haney // The Daily Tar Heel (10.1.18)

• ‘The price you pay’: N.C. residents weigh life on the coast after Florence by Olivia Slagle // The Daily Tar Heel (9.30.18)

• When a hurricane hits by UNC Gazette (9.26.18)

• The Carolinas survey Florence damages by Jim Parsons, Pam Radtke Russell, Mary B. Powers, and Tom Ichniowski // Engineering News-Record (9.26.18)

• UNC’s responds to Florence with both immediate and long term help by David Saff // Carolina Connection (9.22.18)

• Hurricane raises questions about rebuilding along North Carolina’s coast by Anna Mehler Paperny // Reuters (9.20.18)

• Hurricane Florence, ‘just a Cat 1,’ reveals flaw with Saffir-Simpson scale by Joel Achenbach and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux // The Washington Post (9.19.18) 

• The life-or-death science of evacuation psychology by Tim McDonnell // Medium (9.14.18)

• Modeling Hurricane Florence and the ‘Mathematics Of Planet Earth’ Conference by Rachel Crowell // Forbes (9.14.18)

• The storm researchers on the watch as Hurricane Florence approaches by Jeff Tollefson // Nature (9.13.18)

• Maps: Here’s where flooding from Florence could be the worst by Julia Griffin // PBS News Hour (9.13.18)

• Hurricane Florence could bring a wall of water up to 11 feet high — here’s what a storm surge is and why it forms by Jeremy Berke // Business Insider (9.13.18)

• North Carolina’s natural hurricane defenses are disappearing by Chelsey Harvey //E&E News (9.13.18)

• North Carolina coastal development policy by All Things Considered // National Public Radio (9.13.18)

• As the winds come, towns in Hurricane Florence’s path fear the floods by Richard Fausett, Campbell Robertson and David Zucchino // The New York Times (9.13.18)

• Undaunted by Florence, some mobile home residents choose not to evacuate by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez // The Daily Tar Heel (9.13.18)

• Live Hurricane Florence coverage from around the state by The State of Things // WUNC (9.13.18)

• We aren’t ready for hurricanes like Florence by FiveThirtyEight (9.13.18)

• Rick Luettich on CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight (9.12.18)

• North Carolina, warned of rising seas, chose to favor development by John Schwartz and Richard Fausett // The New York Times (9.12.18)

• Hurricane Florence drives some residents to give up on this disaster-prone town by Christopher Flavelle // Bloomberg (9.12.18)

• Facing Florence, some North Carolinians still recovering from previous storms by Cameron McWhirter and Scott Calvert // The Wall Street Journal (9.12.18)

• UNC Prof. Rick Luettich talks storm surge by Capitol Tonight Staff // Spectrum News Charlotte (9.12.18)

• URI oceanographer develops high-resolution hurricane model by T.J. Del Santo // WPRI (9.12.18)

• New hurricane guidance models being developed at URI by RJ Heim // NBC 10 News (9.12.18)

• Along coast, residents prepare to stay or leave before Florence hits by WRAL (9.11.18)

• URI researchers developing new hurricane forecast model by Tim Studebaker // ABC 6 (9.11.18)

• Improved hurricane forecast models in development at URI by Jack Perry //Providence Journal (9.11.18)

• Brian Blanton speaks about Hurricane Florence by Aaron Keck // WCHL (9.11.18)

• Evacuations underway along the Crystal Coast by Mike Shutak, Cheryl Burke, Jackie Starkey // Cartert County Times-News (9.11.18)

• Marine labs in the Southeast prepare for Hurricane Florence by Ashley Yeager and Kerry Grens // The Scientist (9.11.18)

• Will sea level rise make damage from Hurricane Florence worse? by Mark Kaufman // Mashable (9.11.18)

• UNC storm surge expert warns of potentially ‘catastrophic’ Florence by Jason DeBruyn // WUNC (9.11.18)

• How Hurricane Florence could cause unprecedented damage to the Carolinas by Nsikan Akpan and Julia Griffin // PBS News Hour (9.10.18)

• Coastal scientist predicts widespread storm surge with Florence by Jared Brumbaugh // Public Radio East (9.10.18)

• Oceanographer’s hurricane models deliver more precise forecasts by Phys.org (9.10.18)

• Oceanographer’s hurricane models deliver more precise forecasts by URI Today (9.7.18)

• Sea level rise model provides real-time guidance on Tropical Storm Gordon by National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (9.6.18)

• Homeplace: Conversation Guides for Six Communities, Rebuilding After Hurricane Matthew (winner of American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award for Communications) (8.30.18)

• Forecast is for fewer storms this year by Peder Schaefer // Cranston Herald (8.7.18)

• Experts: Cape Cod should prepare for the worst hurricanes by Doug Fraser // Cape Cod Times (8.4.18)

• Software eyes hurricanes by Coastal Review Online (7.20.18)

• Eyeing the hurricanes (video) and Eyeing the hurricanes (story) by UNC-Chapel Hill (6.25.18)

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