NORFOLK, Va. — Remember all that heavy rain and flooding Hampton Roads experienced earlier this summer? You might think it would have been enough to pull the region out of a drought.
But despite those intense summer storms, much of Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina continue to deal with drought conditions. And with more rain in the forecast, an Old Dominion University expert says it’s not just about how much rain falls — it’s about how that rain falls.
Dr. Jessica Whitehead, the Joan P. Brock Endowed Executive Director of the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience at Old Dominion University, says the region has been dealing with unusually dry conditions for more than a year…