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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...
Reflecting on a Record-Setting, Storm-Soaked September
Due to Hurricane Helene, the National Centers for Environmental Information’s data center in Asheville is currently shut down. Our colleagues at NCEI have confirmed that...
Rapid Reaction: Historic Flooding Follows Helene in Western NC
Torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene capped off three days of extreme, unrelenting precipitation, which left catastrophic flooding and unimaginable damage in our...