How new technology from the USGS could help communities devastated by Helene rebuild stronger than ever [Video]

As people continue to recover after Hurricane Helene, scientists are taking a look at the devastation from a new angle with the help of some new technology.From flooded houses to washed-out roads, we’ve seen hundreds of images of devastation from Helene. And now, new images from the U.S. Geological Survey are providing a different look at the damage.Using lasers and GPS cameras, the USGS is taking aerial photographs and mapping landslides across hard-hit areas in North Carolina and Tennessee, using lasers and GPS cameras. USGS research geologist Ben Mirus was one of the scientists on the team. He says his team has surveyed 1,521 landslides across the Southern Appalachian mountains as of Oct. 23.”We saw everything from, landslides near power lines, landslides along roads, blocking or undermining roads. We unfortunately saw a number of houses destroyed by landslides and, just catastrophic level of landslides,” he said. He says they saw …