After Florence: Duke Faculty Discuss Relief Planning

Hurricane Florence brought much damage to the North Carolina coast and it’s clear that the work of recovery will take years. The expertise of Duke faculty will contribute to that work. A Duke Today story reports on what Duke faculty had to say about major issues, quoting the Nicholas Institute's Martin Doyle and Lauren Patterson who that the state’s dam infrastructure is being “pushed to its limits” by hurricanes such as Florence and 2016’s Matthew. “Climate change matters and it will push the limits of our infrastructure. A warming climate allows more precipitation to be held in the atmosphere, increasing the potential for high intensity precipitation, and appears to create conditions that make ‘stalling’ hurricanes like Florence, and what Texas saw with Harvey, more likely.”