Asheville and surrounding towns in western North Carolina had just been drenched by a heavy rainstorm when the remnants of Hurricane Helene slammed into the Blue Ridge Mountains. What unfolded starting Wednesday evening and lasting throughout the weekend is a well-studied atmospheric phenomenon. “As the weather moves toward the mountains, the clouds have to rise … Read more
Winding through South Carolina’s low country, the Cooper River is a reed-lined haven for sportfish and shorebirds. The waterway originates from Lake Moultrie in Berkeley County. From there it goes all the way to Charleston, where it joins the Ashley and the Wando to form that city’s world-famous harbor. (Ever heard of Fort Sumter?) The … Read more
Hurricane Florence targeted Campbell Coxe’s farm. Days earlier, the 2018 storm had rapidly intensified in the Atlantic Ocean, and now Darlington County, South Carolina, was in its way. Coxe had to make a quick decision: which of his family’s crops would he save? “If you only have 24 hours, you choose the most valuable,” Coxe … Read more