Hurricanes Milton and Helene hit the Southeastern regions of the U.S. in the fall of 2024. Strong winds and heavy rains caused devastating damage and extreme flooding conditions to homes, businesses, and public infrastructure in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas from the storms that occurred less than two weeks apart.
Davey Tree mobilized crews from regional offices across the country to help restore communities affected by the storms by removing vegetation debris like uprooted trees and hazardous limbs from roadways, buildings, and utility rights-of-way.
Immediately after Helene passed, 722 crew members from Davey's U.S. and Canada operations traveled to the southeastern U.S. to lend their support and augment Davey's local teams. Davey crews cleared vegetation and debris away from utility lines to support local efforts at restoring power. When Milton hit less than two weeks later, these teams stayed through the storm and remained after it passed to continue their work.
Locally, Davey residential and commercial offices had more than 150 team members on the ground supporting cleanup efforts in Augusta and Columbia, South Carolina, and Ashville, North Carolina.
After The Storm
While a quick response to storm clean-up is imperative to help communities affected by natural disasters start the restoration process, the rebuilding process is also a time to consider resiliency.
Stormwater infrastructure and urban forest resiliency are just two examples of ways municipalities can help mitigate the losses from weather events like strong winds and flooding. There are also several funding opportunities on the federal level to help with the cost of resiliency projects.
Davey Resource Group has decades of experience creating urban forest management plans and designing stormwater infrastructure with resiliency in mind. Contact your local office to learn more about resiliency projects.
