Flooding in South Carolina
North Carolina, is donating $2 million to assist residents of North and South Carolina. The 55-year-old owner of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets is contributing $1 million each to the American Red Cross and the Foundation For The Carolinas' Hurricane Florence Response Fund, ac...
Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina in September 2018 causing extensive flooding. Several potential point sources of hazardous substances and Superfund sites sustained water damage and contaminants may have been released into the environment.This study conducted temporal analysis of contaminant...
Coastal North Carolina, USA, has experienced three extreme tropical cyclone-driven flood events since 1999, causing catastrophic human impacts from flooding and leading to major alterations of water quality, biogeochemistry, and ecological conditions. The apparent increased frequency and magnitudes of such...
Investigating the impacts of climate change on hydroclimatic extremes in the Tar-Pamlico River basin, North Carolina. J Environ Manag. 2024;363: 121375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121375. Article Google Scholar Abam T. Impact of dams on the hydrology of the Niger Delta. Bull ...
An 81-year-old woman in Alabama was killed when her mobile home was tossed from its foundation by a suspected tornado. A man died south of Atlanta when a tree fell on his car. Another person died in North Carolina in a suspected tornado. Some areas of Florida were cautioned ab...
A mother and an infant were killed when a tree fell onto their home in Wilmington. Police said the father was taken to a nearby hospital. More than 16 inches of rain have fallen in southeast North Carolina and another 20 to 25 inches is on the way, the hurricane c...
Riverine flooding is increasing in frequency and intensity, requiring river management agencies to consider new approaches to working with communities on f
(CDC). Medical examiner/coroner reports of deaths associated with Hurricane Hugo-South Carolina. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1989;38(754):759–62. Google Scholar Lopez RE, Holle RL, Heitkamp TA, et al. The underreporting of lightning injuries and death in Colorado. Bull Am Meteor Soc. ...
Residents of areas battered by Hurricane Fran turned Sunday to cleaning up formidable messes, watching swollen waterways and adjusting to life without electricity.