IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGER

Kure Beach Citizens,

I hope this finds you safe and well. The impact of the tropical cyclone was very significant with large amounts of flooding throughout Town. In addition to the large amounts of rainfall received over the weekend, the Town received 14.46” in the past 24 hours.

The Mayor declared a state of emergency at noon today based on the excessive roadway flooding and number of vehicular and home rescues that were occurring.

If you feel your property is unsafe or need assistance the Red Cross is available at the Carolina Beach Recreation Center behind Carolina Beach Town Hall until 7 pm tonight or call them at 1-800-733-2767.

Many of our residents have been impacted with water in their homes from the rainfall, which was unfortunately impacted by inconsiderate drivers who did not slow down going through high water.

Town employees worked diligently throughout the storm to do everything they could to minimize property damage and ensure public safety.

Public Works
• Responded to clogged storm drains throughout the event, maintaining the systems working at their capacity. All stormwater system capacities were exceeded in this event, which added over 14.46” of rain in the past 24 hours.

• Multiple beach accesses are barricaded off for safety. Please do not go through the caution tape for your safety.

• Water was shutoff at the 1100, 1700 and 1800 buildings at Ocean Dunes due to damage and will remain off until the buildings structurally evaluated.

• Trash pick-up for the South end of Town and the Business District will occur tomorrow. The North end ofTtown will be Wednesday.

Building Inspection and Compliance
• Multiple Ocean Dunes buildings were impacted by the storm surge undermining and are being assessed. Tenants were relocated to other locations.

• Please communicate any building damage to the Building Inspector for tracking purposes and to get assistance with flood claims.

FIRE DEPARTMENT
• Responded to 24 calls for assistance, including vehicles in flooding and flooding in homes.

• Received assistance from 3 highwater vehicles Wilmington FD and NHCF

• Moved around 2 dozen people in total from vehicles/homes and relocated to Carolina Beach Rec Center where they have a comfort station available from the Red Cross.

• New Hanover County Sheriff’s department has a highwater vehicle staged at KBFD through the night.

Police Department
• Four high-water rescues of stranded motorists.

• Multiple check-welfare on residents trapped within their homes.

• Reunited one family separated by high water.

• Blocked multiple roads during the storm event to prevent traffic for public safety and property protection.

• Shuttled children dropped off from school bus home.

• Notified power company of downed power lines and traffic light outages.

• Arranged for tow-trucks to remove several flooded vehicles from roadways.

Duke Energy
• Responded to power outage caused by a leaning power pole, that caused an outage from South of Davis Beach road. Duke Energy is replacing the pole and power should be restored shortly. If you continue to have a power outage contact Duke Power online or by phone to report the outage.

Admin/Finance/Recreation
Town Hall was closed once the magnitude of the event became clear. In addition, Town Hall incurred flooding in the event, with damage to be accessed.

Town staff will continue to be working throughout today, tonight and tomorrow to recover from this event.

David Heglar, PE
Emergency Manager
Town of Kure Beach, NC