Resources for Hurricane Florence

September 12, 2018

With hazardous weather approaching the southeastern US, Sea Grant programs throughout the region are providing contacts and resources to help their local communities stay safe.

Federal

FEMA
Web: fema.gov
Hurricane Preparedness Tips: www.ready.gov/hurricanes
Twitter: @FEMA
Twitter: @femaregion4 (: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Twitter: @femaregion3 (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, & WV)

National Weather Service
National Hurricane Center Atlantic Ops. web: nhc.noaa.gov
National Hurricane Center Atlantic Ops. Twitter: @NHC_Atlantic
Twitter: @NWS

Regional NWS Offices
Twitter: @NWSMoreheadCity (NWS Newport/Morehead)
Twitter: @NWSRaleigh (Raleigh)
Twitter: @NWSWakefieldVA (Wakefield, VA)
Twitter: @NWSWilmingtonNC (Wilmington)
Twitter: @NWSCharlestonSC (Charleston, SC)
Twitter: @NWSColumbia

Georgia

Twitter: @GeorgiaSeaGrant
Facebook: @GACoast.UGA
Website: https://gacoast.uga.edu/
Reducing Your Hurricane Risk (Accessible video)

North Carolina

Twitter: @SeaGrantNC
Facebook: @NCSeaGrant
Website: https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/

Neighborhood Disaster Recovery: Count Your Assets – Lessons from NC Sea Grant about how you can help your community by coordinating resources and organizing to help one another.

N.C. Emergency Management
Web: ncdps.gov
Free mobile app: ReadyNC app
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NCEmergency/
Twitter: @NCEmergency

N.C. Department of Transportation
Web: ncdot.gov/Pages/default.aspx
NC Hurricane Evacuation Routes (pdf)
Traveler Information Management System
Twitter: @NCDOT

South Carolina

Twitter: @SCSeaGrant
Facebook: @SCSeaGrant
Website: http://www.scseagrant.org/

South Carolina Emergency Management Division
Twitter: @SCEMD
Website: https://www.scemd.org/

Virginia

Twitter: @vaseagrant
Facebook: @VirginiaSeaGrant
Website: https://vaseagrant.org/

Images of Sea Grant's work in research, education and extension provided by (from left to right) Wisconsin, Guam and Florida Sea Grant programs. Design by Hallee Meltzer | National Sea Grant Office.

Alabama

Sea Grant takes center stage in Oceanography special issue

NOAA Sea Grant-funded research and work with coastal and Great Lakes communities across the nation are being highlighted in a special issue of “Oceanography,” the official journal of The Oceanography Society.

This special issue, published in April 2024, features 36 articles contributed by Sea Grant authors across 29 programs and the NOAA National Sea Grant Office.

Sea Grant’s impacts ripple across U.S. communities

Sea Grant’s work addresses a range of coastal and marine challenges through four focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, environmental literacy and

NOAA Sea Grant Develops 5-Year Aquaculture Investment Plan

Year-over-year, Sea Grant is committed to supporting aquaculture development across the nation, as a means of enhancing economic resilience and nutritional security in American communities. Sea Grant recently developed a five-year Aquaculture Investment Plan to guide its efforts in supporting aquaculture research, extension and education.