Part 1, Hurricane Helene in Appalachia, The Science
About this episode
In September of 2024 when Hurricane Helene arrived in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina, it landed where the ground and rivers were already saturated and swollen with rain. The result was “the storm of record” taking out thousands of bridges, sending thousands of landslides down the mountains and taking human life. This episode hosts the National Weather Service and the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center to explore the storm and the river reaction, and then Dr Phillip Prince goes deep in describing landslides and debris flows and their impact.
GUESTS
Trisha Palmer
National Weather Service
Greenville Spartanburg, South Carolina
Matt Wilson
Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
Slidell, Louisiana
Dr Phillip Prince
Geo Models You Tube Channel
RELEVANT LINKS AND CONTENT
Video: French Broad River Flooding 2024 - Hurricane Helene in Woodfin, NC
Article: Helene deals billions in damage to infrastructure
Article: Reflections on loss and opportunity in flood ravaged Western North Carolina
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