In the News

To read about Center experts discussing recent hurricane seasons, visit our 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 pages. To read additional Hurricane Matthew recovery news, visit our Hurricane Matthew page.

Coastal Resilience Center projects and people in the news:

• Berke rejoins Institute to lead Center for Resilient Communities and Environment by UNC Institute for the Environment (December 2020)

• Philip Berke on planning for resilient communities (podcast) by waterloop (12.14.20)

• CRC enters sixth year of projects by UNC Research (12.11.20)

• A FORCE for good! by Jessamin Straub, Knauss Fellow // NOAA Sea Grant (November 2020)

• UNC marine scientists examine our record breaking hurricane season by Stacia Strong // WITN (11.13.20)

• UNC researchers receive NSF grant to study extreme weather events with interdisciplinary approach by Alyssa LaFaro // UNC Research (11.2.20)

• In back-to-back hurricanes, Louisiana National Guard calls on predictive model by Ben Conklin // ESRI (10.27.20)

• Zeta is downgraded on the way to the Gulf Coast by Henry Fountain // The New York Times (10.27.20)

• ERDC researchers use numerical modeling to assist with hurricane preparations by Carol C. Coleman // US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (10.23.20)

• Rick Luettich on hurricane science, impacts, and resilience (podcast) by waterloop (10.20.20)

• Predicting the intensity of hurricanes by Rosemary Connelli // The Block Island Times (10.15.20)

• Frontera on the front lines during record hurricane season by UT Research Showcase (10.12.20)

• Westerly pilot study helps develop new models to predict storms’ impacts on infrastructure by Cynthia Drummond // The Westerly Sun (10.7.20)

• LSU partnerships improve hurricane storm surge forecasts for Louisiana, nation by LSU Office of Research & Economic Development (10.2.20)

• Storm surge expert explains danger of slow-moving storms with heavy rain by Jamie Boll // WBTV (9.17.20)

• Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks by Henry Fountain and John Schwartz // The New York Times (9.16.20)

• UNC-Chapel Hill experts available to discuss hurricane season by UNC News (9.16.20)

• Storm surge models show Hurricane Laura bringing catastrophic levels of water to Gulf Coast by Stacia Strong // WITN (8.26.20)

• American Planning Association adopts Scorecard tool developed by CRC researchers by The Resilient Nation Roundup // FEMA (8.25.20)

• Climate change and the challenge of community relocation by Matt Shipman // NC State University News (8.25.20)

• Scientists explain how hurricanes are tracked by Stacia Strong // WITN (7.31.20)

• Dr. Michelle Dovil discusses pandemic’s disproportionate effect on communities of color by Amplify This! Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion In Disaster Management podcast (7.23.20)

• Meet the participants: Michelle Dovil, Ph.D., Tia Maxwell and Tenesha Washington by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (July 2020)

• Darien Williams: Chronicling Black resilience to disaster by Sofia Tong // MIT News (6.24.20)

• 2020 hurricane season may include up to 19 storms by Alyssa LaFaro //UNC Research (6.18.20)

• Three Towns/Three Rivers by UNC-TV/Longleaf Productions (6.17.20)

• Inside UNC Research: Preparing for the unexpected by UNC Research // Inside Research (6.11.20)

• Student Spotlight: Shaleen Miller by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (6.9.20)

• ENC braces for active hurricane season in the tropics by WITN (6.3.20)

• New UNC-Chapel Hill center helps prepare North Carolina for increasing environmental threats by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

• A resilient North Carolina: Preparing our state for hurricanes by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

• Simulations indicate heightened risks when pandemic and hurricane season overlap by Rensselaer News (6.1.20)

• Rebuilding their trust in what we say: Public information’s new frontier by Patience Wall // Carolina Angles (5.28.20)

• CRC announces new partnership with American Planning Association by UNC Research // Inside Research (5.18.20)

• District Energy and Sustainability at UNC by Amy Sechrist // Carolina Angles (4.9.20)

• Prepare or panic: URI professor’s advice for addressing a global pandemic and the climate crisis by Tim Faulkner // ecoRI News (4.4.20)

• Uptown Radio broadcast April 3, 2020 (impacts of COVID-19 on hurricane preparedness) by Uptown Radio/Columbia University School of Journalism (4.3.20)

• NC State study finds levees are at risk with frequent flooding by Mandy Mitchell // WRAL (2.18.20)

• Local university students examine hurricane effects on mental health in North Carolina by Julia Varnier // WTKR (2.4.20)

• Resilience scorecard by UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning (Feb. 2020)

• Weatherwatch: how repeated flooding can shift levees by David Hambling // The Guardian (1.31.20)

• Disaster Resilience Design Syllabus, FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program Webinar Series (1.28.20)

• Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative – and often invisible by Matt Shipman // North Carolina State University (1.21.20)

• DHS S&T awards Minority Serving Institutions $373K to advance Summer Research Team projects by Homeland Security Today (1.21.20)

• Unseen science by Alyssa LaFaro // UNC Research (1.21.20)

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