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America's Great Loop: "The Last Great Adventure."

9/16/2019 by US Harbors

• Boating
• Coastal News
• Travel

The Great Loop has been called “the last great adventure in North America”, and it’s gaining in popularity as hundreds of boats follow the 6,000-mile continuous waterway route every year. The Great Loop takes boaters up the Atlantic seaboard, through historic canals, across the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers… SEE MORE

Upcoming Food Festivals Across the US

8/7/2019 by US Harbors

• Food

Here in the Northeast we are savoring the remaining days of summer  while avoiding thoughts of the cold months just around the corner. As we move into the height of food festival season we wanted to share a few of our favorites from across the US. Don't miss out on… SEE MORE

• festival

US Precipitation Record Hits All-time High in 2019

7/18/2019 by US Harbors

• Nature

Rain – and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S. It's the third consecutive time in 2019 (April, May and June) the past 12-month precipitation record has hit an all-time high. Here’s a snapshot of… SEE MORE

• flooding
• NOAA
• Rain

Hurricanes 101: Storm Surge

7/15/2019 by US Harbors

• Hurricanes

By Christina Edwards. Storm surge flooding is the greatest threat to life and property during a tropical system, and storm surge directly accounts to approximately half of the deaths associated with tropical storms and hurricanes in the U.S. As a tropical system inches closer to shore, the familiar tropical storm… SEE MORE

• Hurricane Prep
• Storm Surge