Hurricanes

RUNC: Margot Midkiff

October 12, 2022

Margot Midkiff strives to help communities hit by natural disasters.

The Coastal Engineer

August 16, 2022

Since 1987, Rick Luettich has been building systems to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events.

The Storm that Changed Her

November 22, 2021

A hurricane in 2010 turned Caela O’Connell’s dissertation plans upside down. It continues to affect her and her research 11 years later as a UNC-Chapel Hill anthropology professor.

Building Resilience for Storm-Battered N.C.

January 21, 2021

The record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season included 30 storms, and while North Carolina managed to dodge the 12 hurricanes that made landfall, that won’t always be the case in the future. A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNC is combining their expertise in areas like human health, ecology, and urban planning to create a long-term holistic plan helping vulnerable communities prepare for the next generation of extreme weather events.