This project is analyzing how government stakeholders and the broader public access and understand data and research on chronic coastal flooding. Since 2021, the research team has been collaborating with the town of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, a small town struggling with the impacts of sea level rise. The PIs deployed custom sensors in key flood-prone areas of the town in early 2022. The data and photos are shared in real-time via our website, which town staff use to monitor roadway conditions and manage access. The PIs are also engaging community members and town officials to identify and evaluate adaptation strategies. This effort includes deploying a survey to all town residents and property owners to assess flood impacts and adaptation preferences, using a flood model to evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation strategies, and convening a working group of community members and officials to discuss model results and prioritize adaptation options.

Related products include:

• Sunny Day Flooding Project sensor data shared in real time through a website, for use by community partners to monitor road conditions and when the road needs to be closed due to flooding

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Research Participants & Partners

Miyuki Hino (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Casey Dietrich, and Katherine Anarde (North Carolina State University)