About this episode

The episode examines Hurricane Helene as a warning about America's unpreparedness for climate change-related storms.

How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. FRONTLINE and NPR draw on a decade of reporting on disasters and their aftermath to examine how and why the U.S. is more vulnerable than ever to climate change-related storms.

People in this episode

Host: FRONTLINE

Topics covered

• climate change
• disaster preparedness
• Hurricane Helene
• vulnerability
• storm aftermath

Keywords

• Hurricane Helene
• climate change
• disaster
• preparedness
• vulnerability
• storms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FRONTLINE, NPR

Places: America

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