Work to build statewide flood mitigation program continues - The Coastland Times

Work to build statewide flood mitigation program continues - The Coastland Times

By Jennifer Allen, CoastalReview.org Tropical storms have cost North Carolina tens of billions of dollars over the last 40 years. These weather-related disasters are putting a spotlight on the state’s “flood-risk crisis,” according to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, as well as the potential for “the role of a changing climate, including increases in rainfall and sea level rise to worsen the crisis.” Heightening the threat…