At 4pm Thursday, August 25th Town of Holden Beach Mayor Alan Holden issued a proclamation for a voluntary evacuation of the island due to expected weather conditions from Hurricane Irene. Voluntary evacuation is a common response to severe tropical and hurricane storm weather, but to some the terminology may seem a bit ambiguous. So, we [...]
Hurricane Irene continues to turn eastward, which is good for Holden Beach. At one point the storm was expected to hit the mainland south of The North Carolina coast. That would have had the stronger, eastern side of the storm hitting Holden Beach. Let’s all hope the storm continues to turn out to sea in [...]
The Town has been in communications with the Brunswick County Emergency Center. Based on the information received, it looks like this storm will be limited to a major rain event with associated short term flooding on island streets…
The Town of Holden Beach is currently monitoring road and weather conditions with the overwhelming amount of rain Holden Beach has received along with much of the coastal Carolinas. Town representatives wanted to share the following…
Jeff Findlay posted a YouTube video showing some of the flooding that occurred Monday, September 27, 2010 on Holden Beach.