North Carolina is no stranger to hurricanes. There are records of storms hitting the state for as long as weather records have been kept.

There are clear signs the storms are changing. A warming climate and rising sea level are leading to greater threats from storm surge, beach erosion and inland flooding.

The Weather on the 1s team that primarily forecasts from Raleigh and Fayetteville to the coast recently got together to talk about the 2021 hurricane season. In part two of our discussion, we talk more about how a changing climate is creating even more severe impacts from hurricanes.