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NOVA 52x18 - Superfloods

    

Midnight
At My TV

In September 2024, Hurricane Helene dumped more than 14 inchesof rain on North Carolina, triggering flash floods andmudslides, causing over billion of damage, and killingmore than 100 people. A shocked nation wondered how the citythat bore the brunt of the destruction – Asheville, at2,000 feet above sea level and more than 250 miles inland –could have suffered such a fate. With eyewitness testimony,dramatic unseen videos, drone flyovers, and 3D animations,NOVA pieces together a moment-by-moment account of theAsheville disaster. And it looks to other recent flash floods– including the devastating Fourth of July 2025 floods in theTexas Hill Country, and catastrophic flooding in Valencia,Spain – for lessons that might help prevent the nextdisaster. Are these violent floods becoming more frequent andferocious? And what can communities do to protect themselves inthe future?

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