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After-action review finds strong response to unannounced heavy-rain event, flags sheltering and drainage gaps
Summary
Brunswick County emergency management presented an after-action review of a Sept. 2024 heavy-rain event, saying local response and coordination worked but shortfalls in shelter capacity, drainage maintenance and public awareness will require funding and interagency work.
Brunswick County emergency management delivered an after-action report on a rapidly developing, unnamed heavy-rain event that struck the county on Sept. 16, 2024, saying county response was well coordinated but that flood risk, sheltering and drainage maintenance remain serious vulnerabilities.
Emergency Management Director David McIntyre told the Board of Commissioners that the system, locally tracked as PTC 8, "was not classified as a tropical storm or hurricane" but produced rainfall and flash flooding comparable in places to past major storms. He said the county activated its emergency operations center quickly and sustained staffing through the week of the event.
The report summarized what the task force found and why it matters. "We had a well coordinated initial response," McIntyre said, but he listed recurring problems: inadequate shelter capacity for large-scale evacuations, inconsistent emergency notifications across platforms, debris blockages outside rights-of-way, and limited county authority over some drainage channels.
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