Hurricane Florence, which is now a , continues to bear down on the Carolina coast. The National Weather Service says it is likely to be 鈥渢he storm of a lifetime鈥� for certain portions of that coastline. Officials have ordered the from the coasts of North and South Carolina. Scott Sharp, a senior forecaster with the speaks with host Frank Stasio with the latest report.
Chrissy Becker is a Jacksonville resident whose house sits 17 miles from the coast. She speaks with Stasio about the process of evacuating her home to a hotel in Hickory where she waits with her family and other evacuees to see what the damage to their communities will be. gives an on-the-ground description of the weather effects live in Wilmington.
shares how and hog farmers are preparing for catastrophic flooding. attended the governor鈥檚 briefings, and visited a local shelter.
Stasio also speaks with at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University about how policy decisions are made in response to extreme weather. , studies the ocean and rising sea levels, and he advocates for the end of beach development. He joins Stasio for a discussion about how climate change is putting the North Carolina coast at risk.
Finally, Stasio is joined by and leader of its Coastal and Computational Hydraulics Team. Dietrich explains the models currently being refined to help predict and plan for hurricanes and their effects on coastlines.
