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shows water-driven wind blowing across a road as trees bend in the wind during a hurricane
Posted inPublic Health

Hurricane / tropical storm safety tips

by Editor August 3, 2020January 29, 2021

TIPS FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS As Isaias comes ashore, it brings with it the possibility of tornadoes, especially in the trailing parts of the storm. The National Weather Service has a website explaining the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning, and what to do to keep safe should a tornado head […]

Shows Hurricane Dorian as it was over the NC Coast in September
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 1 – Search for COVID by zip code, hurricane season coming, cheesy science fun

by Editor May 1, 2020April 14, 2021
The Smithfield Foods processing plant in Tar Heel employs up to 5,000 workers and slaughters 30,000 to 35,000 hogs a day: Photo credit: Melissa Sue Garrets, The Fayetteville Observer
Posted inInfectious Disease

Two more processing plants identified as having coronavirus outbreaks

by Greg Barnes April 24, 2020April 9, 2021
Cohen talks about COVID-19 to the General Assembly on the same day Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency.
Posted inPublic Health

After more COVID-19 cases reported, NC declares state of emergency

by Anne Blythe March 10, 2020April 9, 2021
Shows two men in a motor boat, powering down a flooded road, a house is visible to the left. The road is flooded in the wake of Dorian
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Public Health, Rural Health

Hurricane Dorian’s foray up NC’s Outer Banks leaves many stranded, floods islands

by Thomas Goldsmith September 6, 2019September 6, 2019
photo shows national guard member leading civilian throughflood waters to a waiting truck
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Robeson County residents still reeling from two prior hurricanes

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 5, 2019

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