. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. This old photo shows the damages and the boats washed up in the streets of Swansboro after flooding from Hurricane Hazel changing," he explains, "and they must keep that in mind when they ; • Flooding is the major cause of destruction during a hurricane. The storm surge and torrential rains that accompany the storm raise the water level, flooding low-lying areas while waves and currents erode beaches, un- dermine coastal structures and wash out roads. Nine out of 10 hurricane- related
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. This old photo shows the damages and the boats washed up in the streets of Swansboro after flooding from Hurricane Hazel changing," he explains, "and they must keep that in mind when they ; • Flooding is the major cause of destruction during a hurricane. The storm surge and torrential rains that accompany the storm raise the water level, flooding low-lying areas while waves and currents erode beaches, un- dermine coastal structures and wash out roads. Nine out of 10 hurricane- related deaths are due to drowning. Lives and property could be saved if there were some method of determin- ing which areas flood and by how much. Researchers on a new Sea Grant project are working on just such a method. C. C. Tung, a professor of civil engineering at NCSU, and his grad- uate assistants are refining a state-of- the-art computer model that can simulate overflow and flooding in coastal areas. Geographical data has been plugged in i A for six sample *W profiles which will A be used to test the ™ model: Browns In- Tung. / j let, Kure Beach, Wilmington, Roanoke Island, Hampstead and Cape Fear. By putting in information on the speed, intensity and direction of the storm, Tung hopes the model will be able to predict not only the storm surge and height of waves associated with a specific hurricane, but also how far inland the water will move. In the last century, North Carolina has had its share of flood damages from hurricanes. Between 1897 and 1955, 67 hurricanes caused flooding in the state. Storm surge, the rapid swell in the water level produced by winds and falling barometric pressure, reached a height of 15 feet above nor- mal with Hurricane Hazel in 1954. The torrential rains and sudden flooding that also came with the storm ac- counted for most of the 100 million dollars worth of damage. "Determination of flooding is im- portant in helping state and federal
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