Record #:

34364

Author(s):

Burgess, Carla B.

Abstract:

North Carolina experienced a string of debilitating natural disasters over a five-year period beginning with Hurricane Floyd in 1999, and the response to some of these crises is still ongoing in many places. Government leaders and industries are cooperating to try to fix the policy and planning failures that exacerbated damages. Revised, comprehensive floodplain mapping is one of the preventative actions that emerged as a direct result of Hurricane Floyd.

Source:

Water Resources Research Institute News (NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 355, May/June 2006, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

Natural disasters--Planning; Floodplain management; Hurricane Floyd, 1999