New Mapping System Helps Target Emergency Aid After Hurricane Flooding in Rural Areas
BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, JUL 14 – The rock garden now includes over 50 boulders with new specimens from North Carolina’s Coastal Plain, enhancing its value for geology students and researchers.
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New mapping system helps target emergency aid after hurricane flooding in rural areas
In the fall of 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the southeastern U.S., later downgrading to a tropical storm causing strong winds, flooding and major destruction throughout Appalachia. Now, researchers and public health officials in Environmental Science & Technology Letters provide a debrief about how their mapping of key locations, including private wells, septic systems and service facilities, helped distribute disaster relief in North…
Rock garden and lab expanded at App State after Helene cleanup
Last Updated on July 13, 2025 10:08 am BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Lab and Rock Garden — a resource for geology students, researchers and K–12 school groups — has been fully restored after the damage it sustained from Hurricane Helene. The garden now features more than 50 boulders, including several new specimens. When the historic storm hit the Boone campus last September, the rock garden, located adjacent…
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