Hurricane Season 2018 Media Appearances

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Hurricane Michael

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• 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)

Sandra Knight, University of Maryland:

• Hurricane Michael could result in $30 billion damage, says former FEMA deputy administrator by CNBC (10.10.18) 

John van de Lindt, Colorado State University:

• This drone footage shows the devastation left behind by Hurricane Michael by Brianna Sacks //Buzzfeed News (10.11.18)

Hurricane Florence:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

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

• The Daniel Levitt podcast – Rick Luettich (10.8.18)

• When a hurricane hits by UNC Gazette (9.26.18)

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

Gavin Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• What happens when a family loses everything? (video) by The Wall Street Journal (12.31.18)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

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

• 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)

• Hurricane Florence info and resources by Carolina Angles (9.11.18)

Joshua Behr, Old Dominion University:

• Many in Hampton Roads didn’t heed Florence evacuation order. But what about next time? by Joanne Kimberlin // The Virginian-Pilot (9.21.18)

• Joshua G. Behr and Carol Considine: Building resilient communities amid costly storms for the Virginian-Pilot (opinion) (9.16.18)

• Joshua Behr on National Public Radio (9.13.18)

Brian Blanton, UNC-Chapel Hill:

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

Clint Dawson, University of Texas at Austin:

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

Casey Dietrich, North Carolina State University:

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

Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island:

• Hurricane Florence first to grow in strength so far north in Atlantic by Maddy Lauria // Delaware News Journal (9.11.18)

John van de Lindt, Colorado State University:

• As Hurricane Florence Approached, Researchers Watched This Town Far from the Coast by David Wagman // IEEE GlobalSpec (9.12.18)

Barry Keim, Louisiana State University:

• Hurricanes: American climatologist leaves Portugal alert by Renanscenca (9.14.18) (In Portuguese)

Hurricane Gordon:

Scott Hagen and Matthew Bilskie, Louisiana State University and Stephen Medeiros, Central Florida University:

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