Building Resilience in the OBX
In North Carolina's Outer Banks, the coastal Town of Nags Head is vulnerable to flooding from heavy rain events, hurricanes, tropical storms, nor’easters, and storm surge. To add insult to injury, vulnerability is increasing with sea level rise. Town managers and residents recognized the need to build the town's resilience and moved forward to prioritize and plan.
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Sarah Spiegler, Holly White, Jennifer Dorton, and Jess Whitehead, North Carolina Sea Grant.
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Photo by jjjj56cp, https://www.flickr.com/photos/25171569@N02/35276777753, used via a Creative Commons license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Last modified:
23 April 2024 - 9:52am
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