Helios Provides Free Access to Life-saving Technology During Hurricane Dorian

In September 2018, Hurricane Florence lashed North and South Carolina, bringing 13-foot storm surges and relentless rainfall. A year later as Hurricane Dorian left destruction behind in the Bahamas and took aim at the South Eastern shores of the US once again, meteorologists, emergency managers, and residents relied on Helios® technology (from ground to space) to prepare to protect their lives and property.

Before, during, and after both Hurricane Florence and Dorian, NV5 (formerly L3Harris) opened up its powerful Helios® real-time weather intelligence tool to allow more than 2,500 emergency managers, transportation officials, and residents free access to monitor the road conditions themselves. Helios uses machine learning to automatically filter through thousands of traffic and web cameras in the Helios network. During severe weather events, Helios boosts confidence in understanding ground conditions as it detects hazardous road conditions, such as pooling water. Helios improves the efficiency and effectiveness of disaster response and recovery, providing a unified operation picture to quickly deploy resources to the hardest hit areas.