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The road to rebuilding after Helene

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Hurricane Helene wiped out hundreds of roadways in western North Carolina. Now engineers are working to fill the holes the storm left behind. But how do you rebuild a road that’s meant to last in a climate that’s changing quicker than we can keep up?

Featuring: 

  • Nathan Moneyham, Division Construction Engineer for North Carolina Department of Transportation, Division 13
  • Matt Lauffer, State Hydraulics Engineer for North Carolina Department of Transportation
  • Lauren Sommer, climate correspondent for NPR
  • Jared Bowden, Associate Director for North Carolina State Climate Office

    Links: 

    • NOAA’s Atlas 14 database
    • The RaInDROP tool developed by Jared Bowden 
    • You can find a transcript of this episode here.

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