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One Year After Helene, New Perspectives on Our Worst Storms
The sights and stories that slowly trickled out of western North Carolina last September were so shocking, they were at times hard to believe. Swollen...
A Fall-Like Feeling Arrived With Mixed Rainfall in August
Cooler weather made for an unseasonable August, while we started wet and finished the month on a dry note. In this post, we also wrap...
Rapid Reaction: Hurricane Erin a Close Call with Coastal Damage
The first hurricane – and the first major hurricane – of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season passed off our coastline this week, and despite not...
Isaias’s Coastal Hit a Turning Point for NC Storms, Preparedness
Five years ago, an overactive Atlantic brought an early-season hurricane to North Carolina’s doorstep. Just after 11 pm on August 3, 2020, Hurricane Isaias made...
Rapid Reaction: Tropical Storm Chantal Soaks Central North Carolina
The first tropical system of the season to affect North Carolina produced locally heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the Piedmont and Sandhills. Tropical...
Helene’s Damage Presents Fire Management, Monitoring Challenges
It was an environmental domino effect that was hard to fathom considering huge swaths of western North Carolina had been under water just two months...
Spring Showers in May End a Long-Running Dry Spell
May brought a wetter weather pattern and prevailing above-normal temperatures in North Carolina. With summer now upon us, we also look at outlooks for the...