All tagged hurricane season
As hurricane season approaches, the North Carolina Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network (FIMAN) is becoming an essential tool for residents and officials in Lenoir County. Managed by North Carolina Emergency Management, FIMAN provides real-time rain, stream, weather, and flooding risk information to help communities prepare for and respond to flood events.
Hurricanes are the most important stories you'll ever have in Kinston, not just because of their scope, but because people's lives are literally depending on the information you provide. By the time you decide in New Bern that maybe you ought to send a reporter up there, it will be too late.
Let’s hope you won’t need this information, but it is Hurricane Season and we are in eastern North Carolina, so here you go!! The best way to survive a disaster and to be able to quickly recover is to “be prepared”!!
The summer months are a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy all the beauty North Carolina has to offer. But summer is also the start of hurricane season, which begins in June and continues through November.
Today, June 1st, marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. NHC is watching two areas for potential tropical cyclone development.
NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season.
Greene County Government encourages residents to plan now for hurricanes by updating their emergency plans and supply kits. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.
Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 3-9 Hurricane Preparedness Week in North Carolina and reminded residents that now is the time to prepare for the 2020 hurricane season. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.