In the News
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Coastal Resilience Center projects in the news
- Future hurricane could loop around twice and make landfall twice in the U.S., causing catastrophic flooding and storm surges by Aristos Georgiou // Newsweek (9.20.19)
- Idea from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding by Richard Adkins, WRAL (9.17.19)
- Powerful surge in store for sounds, rivers by Kirk Ross // Coastal Review Online (9.5.19)
- Storm surge predictions accurate to within a foot. Is your neighborhood at risk? by Zachary Eanes // The News & Observer (9.5.19)
- Dorian could hit NC with major storm surge by Jason DeBruyn // WUNC (9.4.19)
- Hurricane Dorian resumes approach by Mike Shutak // Carteret County News-Times (9.3.19)
- URI expert says RI should be ready for bigger storms by Joseph B. Nadeau // Pawtucket Times (9.3.19)
- DHS S&T introduces storm surge, flooding forecast suite by ExecutiveGov (7.31.19)
- Snapshot: The ADCIRC Prediction System by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (7.30.19)
- Luettich selected as Distinguished Professor by Coastal Review Online (7.19.19)
- Learn more about the ADCIRC Prediction System by UNC Research (7.18.19)
- One year after deadly flooding in western Japan, disaster resonates for vulnerable areas of Tokyo by Alex Martin // The Japan Times (7.5.19)
- Facing a Jersey Shore underwater, Stockton proposes coastal resiliency institute in Atlantic City by Nicholas Pugliese // WHYY (7.4.19)
- Florida A&M professor, students awarded Homeland Security grant by Byron Dobson // Tallahassee Democrat (7.1.19)
- 2019 Distinguished Professorships by UNC-Chapel Hill (6.17.19)
- FEMA officials in the hot seat over disaster preparedness by Andy Uhler // Marketplace (6.12.19)
- Storm surge research helps save lives by WITN (6.3.19)
- How much could stilts help a building survive a tsunami or hurricane storm surge? by Mark Furman / KMTR (5.31.19)
- OSU making waves with hurricane resilience test by Emma Jerome // KEZI (5.30.19)
- DesignSafe, ADCIRC provide storm surge simulators for natural hazards community by Faith Singer-Villalobos // Texas Advanced Computing Center (5.29.19) / HPCWire (5.31.19)
- 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)
- 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)