Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 5/9/20

Dr. Madhusudan Katti, an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, is collaborating with undergraduate students from across disciplines to study the hurricane’s collective impact on urban forests. It was 5 a.m. when the roof caved in on Kristina Bell’s family home. Torrential rain had pounded North Carolina’s coast for hours leading up to Hurricane Florence’s landfall as a Category 1 storm. In the early morning darkness, Bell’s parents bailed water as fast as they could, fighting against nature’s fury.

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