Experts are warning that the Carolinas face a future that's both drier and wetter. Droughts and floods are in the forecast.
Scientists, farmers and water managers met in Charlotte this week to try to figure out how to deal with coming dry weather. And they say sudden deluges will become more common.
Preparing for the future was the focus of the Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference, which ended Wednesday.
According to the Charlotte Observer, experts cited the extensive flooding in South Carolina last October. That was the worst weather disaster to hit the state since Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
They also point to the more than two feet of rain in three days that fell in Louisiana last month.
Susan White is with the University of North Carolina's Water Resources Research Institute. White says the Southeast faces a future of too much water, too little water, and water coming at the wrong times.
And she warns that rising sea levels will amplify flooding on the coast.
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