Appalachia post-damage resilience building

Since Hurricane Helene in Sept 2024, parts of Appalachia have been hit by severe non-cyclonic storms, tornadoes, and other severe weather events. STAR-TIDES initial focus of the in 2025-26 will be recovery and resilience planning across Southwest Virginia, and parts of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Components of the project will include: helping communities do better than building back to restore an inadequate pre-crisis status quo, improving their ability to anticipated future crises, and co-developing an adaptive infrastructure to increase resilience moving forward.