{"id":35504,"date":"2025-03-09T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/tree-loss-from-hurricane-leaves-asheville-vulnerable-to-new-climate-shocks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:28:21","slug":"tree-loss-from-hurricane-leaves-asheville-vulnerable-to-new-climate-shocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/tree-loss-from-hurricane-leaves-asheville-vulnerable-to-new-climate-shocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damage to trees in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene was \u2018extraordinary and humbling\u2019 but urban areas face particular problems<\/p>\n<p>The city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/hurricane-helene\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> uprooted thousands of trees that provided shade and protection from storms.<\/p>\n<p>Helene was catastrophic for the region\u2019s trees \u2013 in part due to the heavy precursor rainstorm that pounded southern Appalachia for two days straight, drenching the soil before Helene hit, bringing yet more heavy rain and 60-100mph winds.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/09\/asheville-trees-hurricane-helene-north-carolina\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damage to trees in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene was \u2018extraordinary and humbling\u2019 but urban areas face particular problems The city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after Hurricane Helene uprooted thousands of trees that provided shade and protection from storms. Helene was catastrophic &#8230; <a title=\"Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/09\/tree-loss-from-hurricane-leaves-asheville-vulnerable-to-new-climate-shocks\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}