. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. TRACKING HURRICANE OPHELIA THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA Compiled by Erin Seiling Hurricane Ophelia lingered for nearly a week off the North Carolina coast — dumping more than a foot of rain and causing severe erosion and property damage Ophelia clearly illustrates thateven weak tropical systems are a force to be taken seriously. CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: Flooding in Beaufort made Front Street look more like a Venetian canal. Progress Energy employees cleared fallen trees to restore power. Once the flood waters reced
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. TRACKING HURRICANE OPHELIA THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA Compiled by Erin Seiling Hurricane Ophelia lingered for nearly a week off the North Carolina coast — dumping more than a foot of rain and causing severe erosion and property damage Ophelia clearly illustrates thateven weak tropical systems are a force to be taken seriously. CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: Flooding in Beaufort made Front Street look more like a Venetian canal. Progress Energy employees cleared fallen trees to restore power. Once the flood waters receded, this boat was left high and dry along N. C. 24 in Swansboro. A sand fence in the Wrightsville Beach area was damaged by erosion during the storm. The fence originally sat on top of the dune he slow-moving nature of Hurricane Ophelia caused more damage than a typical Category 1 storm. Portions of the North Carolina oceanfront coastline got pounded for a week with weather typical of winter storms. The long-term annual erosion rate along most of the coast is quite low — approximately 2 feet per year — however, this leads to a false sense of security because it is the short-term events that can cause major loss of sand resulting in tens of feet of erosion in a matter of days or even hours. The Division of Coastal Management currently is assembling the data needed to analyze the short-term annual erosion rate and will present its findings to the Coastal Resources Commission for policy consideration. Remember, hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin is not over until November 30th and two more storms have been Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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