Bringing The World Home To You

© 2024 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Environment
The word "Due" read from top-down and "South" left-right, with the U shared between them. Reminiscent of a compass.
Due South

Debby dumped a foot of rain on NC. Climate change could worsen storm flooding in the state.

By Jeff Tiberii,
Erin Keever
Published August 14, 2024 at 10:20 AM EDT
Flooding in Bladenboro, NC.
Associated Press
Flooding in Bladenboro, NC.

Tropical storm Debby dropped more than a foot of rain in some parts of North Carolina. The water levels in lakes and rivers rose significantly and risks of flooding followed across swaths of our state.

Guest Lisa Sorg co-authored the article at Inside Climate News titled "Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter."

WHQR reported on Tuesday Aug. 13 that, "...the northeast Cape Fear river in Burgaw finally crested early Tuesday morning at approximately 16.5 feet — half a foot over what the National Weather Service classifies as major flood levels."

Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with Lisa Sorg about the impact of these storms amid a changing climate.

Guest

Lisa Sorg, North Carolina reporter, Inside Climate News

Tags
Due South EnviromentClimate Change
Jeff Tiberii
Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
See stories by Jeff Tiberii
Erin Keever
Erin Keever is the Executive Producer of WUNC’s daily radio show, Due South. Erin comes to WUNC from Charlotte where she spent 16 years at WFAE serving in various roles from on-air announcer, researcher, web editor, to finally senior producer of “Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins.”
See stories by Erin Keever