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Four hurricane community forums are taking place over the next three weeks to coincide with the traditional peak of hurricane season.
The National Weather Service will be coming to Greenville, Hatteras, Pollocksville and Belhaven.

Why: Did you know that Eastern North Carolina is the most frequently impacted stretch of coastline in the country to hurricanes? Names like the San Ciriaco storm of 1899, The Storm of 1933, Hazel (1954), Ione (1955), Donna (1960), Gloria (1985), Bertha (1996), Fran (1996), Bonnie (1998), Floyd (1999), Isabel (2003), Irene (2011), Matthew (2016), Florence (2018) and Dorian (2019) are all well known to our area.

What: Join us for these free, open-to-all, public discussions about hurricane preparedness. You will have the chance to hear a presentation from a meteorologist from the National Weather Service on hurricanes and their impacts on Eastern North Carolina. We will go over why you should never just focus on just the category of the storm, what the hurricane path track means, the various impacts tropical cyclones can bring and why you should never let your guard down, even after the storm passes. We will also cover the hurricane outlook for the year while emphasizing that it only takes one storm to make an impact on your life. At the end you will be able to ask questions you may have.

Where: Various locations across all of Eastern North Carolina, view our full schedule online. Some will also be live streamed, and the recording will be posted afterwards.

• Monday, Sept. 23 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Belhaven Civic Center, 257 W. Pungo Street, Belhaven, NC 27810.

Visit www.weather.gov/mhx/hurricanecommunityforums to sign up, get directions, or view past recordings.