The River Radius Podcast

Part 1, Hurricane Helene in Appalachia, The Science


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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

Read:  Hurricane Helene

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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