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<br />potential earthquake impacts on schools, hospitals, emergency services buildings, and
<br />mher critical facilities. This information can be factored into mitigation plans,
<br />especially to establish priorities for non-structural measures.
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<br />western North Carolina.
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<br />The NCEMD cominues to take an active
<br />leadership role in the application ofHAZUS
<br />to support regional risk' assessments for t.he
<br />westem counties, Through North Carolina's
<br />Earthquake Program, training workshops
<br />and "hands-on" demonstrations have be~n'
<br />conducted throughout the sourheastem
<br />states to show how HAZUS can support
<br />mitigarion planning and planning for a
<br />mul(i-state response to a majof"ear.thquake.
<br />The HAZUS loss estimation methodology is
<br />currently being expanded to include two
<br />additional hazards - floods and wind,
<br />When compieted, these HAZUS applications
<br />will be incorporated into the ,HMPi.
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<br />Mitigation Success: Shoreline Mapping Program
<br />When Hurricane Fran came ashore on
<br />September 6, 1996, it caused extensive
<br />riverine flooding, barrier island overwash,
<br />and storm surge f1ooding. Ne\v inlets were
<br />formed on Topsail Island, and there was
<br />extensive shoreline erosion and loss of
<br />protective vegetation, On Emerald Isie. not
<br />even among the hardest hit areas, erosion
<br />ranged from 3 to 24 feet. Storm surge flooding was measured at heights of up to
<br />12 feet and as much as 90 percent of some beach areas was reported destroyed,
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<br />Improved hurricane tracking and forecasting rechnology and improved evacuation
<br />capabilities have helped keep loss of life relatively low in recent decades, Bur, as
<br />oceanfront communities continue to develop, property losses and beach erosion
<br />problems have increased, Not only has erosion led to higher property losses, but it
<br />has exacerbated flooding in many of the rapidly developing communities,
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<br />Key to Managing Coastal Development, The coast is a dynamic, ever'changing
<br />environment, which complicates efforts to gauge risk and include this Information
<br />in the decision-making process regarding developmem, Under the Coastal Area
<br />Management Act (CAMAl. North Carolina has estabiished a building setback line,
<br />The rationale for the setback is to protect natural beach features and to keep
<br />developmem away from high-risk areas subject to erosion and other natural
<br />processes.
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