Bill Cherry has seen his share of storms buffet his house and his Breezeway Restaurant and Motel near Topsail Beach...
Articles by Bruce Smith

Charleston’s storied historic district of about 4,800 structures lies on a peninsula almost entirely in a flood plain. And there’s...
State and local governments in North Carolina could use unmanned aircraft for law enforcement, hurricane recovery and monitoring wildlife, a...
The damage tally from the February winter storm that left South Carolina coated in ice and buried in snow is...
Rising sea level may be hard to notice in cities where seawalls and docks line the shorefront. But it’s easy...
The U.S. Forest Service is revisiting its plans for managing the sprawling Francis Marion National Forest northeast of Charleston, almost...
“We are tied to the ocean,” an avid sailor and president named John F. Kennedy once said. “And when we...
South Carolinians have dealt with the aftermath of war, earthquake and hurricanes and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week...
Pat Henry will long remember that April night when the western horizon glowed an eerie red, smoking embers cascaded from...
National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said that science will improve to the point where forecasters can reliably issue forecasts...