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Cumberland County installs five stream gauges to improve flood monitoring after hurricanes; grant funded project highlighted
Summary
County emergency management presented a Duke Energy Foundation–funded stream gauge project, noting five gauges installed (one fewer than planned) and data flowing to the public NC DIAMOND network; commissioners were briefed on locations, grant funding and recent vandalism.
Cumberland County officials on a county-commissioners agenda presentation described a recently installed network of stream gauges intended to improve flood monitoring and evacuation planning in inland flooding events.
Gary Cromplin, interim emergency management director, told commissioners the effort was a partnership with state agencies and the Duke Energy Foundation and that the county was awarded $27,650 through the foundation's accelerator grant to install gauges that measure water stage and, in some cases, flow. "I'm excited today to discuss a project that's been a long time coming here in Cumberland County," Cromplin said, describing gauges as instruments designed "to help predict evacuation areas in case of inland flooding during…
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