Topics Related to Storm Season

Latest NCDEQ Press Releases related to storm season.

DEQ awards $11.5 million in Coastal Storm Damage Grants

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) is awarding $11.5 million in grants to eight communities in coastal North Carolina for projects related to Hurricane Florence damage.

Precautionary swimming advisory lifted for waters in Brunswick County

State officials today lifted a precautionary advisory against swimming for all ocean and sound-side waters in Brunswick County that were affected by Hurricane Isaias.

Bald Head Woods Coastal Reserve open to visitors after Hurricane Dorian

The Bald Head Woods Reserve on Bald Head Island in Brunswick County reopened to visitors today after closure due to Hurricane Dorian. With the opening of Bald Head Woods, all North Carolina Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve sites are open after the storm.

Kitty Hawk Woods and Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve sites open to visitors after Hurricane Dorian

The Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve in Kitty Hawk and the Buxton Woods Reserve on Hatteras Island reopened to visitors today after closure due to Hurricane Dorian.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ocracoke public hearing postponed due to hurricane impacts

A public hearing on oceanfront erosion rates scheduled for Oct. 8 in Ocracoke has been postponed due to ongoing impacts from Hurricane Dorian. The meeting will be rescheduled, and details will be announced later.

Buckridge Coastal Reserve site open to visitors after Hurricane Dorian

The Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve site near Columbia reopened to visitors today after closure due to Hurricane Dorian.

Emergency CAMA General Permit for Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Michael extended for one year

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Hurricane Florence or Tropical Storm Michael have an additional year to perform the work under an emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

Precautionary swimming advisory lifted for all coastal waters

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now lifted for all coastal waters. One sound-side location in Dare County will remain under a swimming advisory.

Precautionary swimming advisory lifted for all coastal waters except two sound-side sites

The precautionary advisory against swimming is now lifted for all coastal waters, except for two sound-side locations in Dare County.

Coastal Management offers Emergency CAMA General Permit for Hurricane Dorian recovery, tips for speeding up permit process

Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Hurricane Dorian along sounds, rivers and creeks may be authorized to do so more quickly through an emergency general permit offered by the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.