Hurricanes can cause enormous damage inland, but emergency plans focus on coasts
- Written by Craig E. Colten, Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography, Louisiana State University
Farm near Seven Springs, North Carolina, surrounded by water on Oct. 25, 1999, nearly six weeks after Hurricane Floyd.AP Photo/Karen Tam
As Hurricane Florence approaches the U.S. coast, over a million people have been ordered to evacuate from barrier islands and low-lying areas from South Carolina to Virginia. Precautions like this have been part...
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