Why was Asheville, North Carolina flooding so bad? Rare weather events and climate change are to blame
Helene produced such a large amount of rainfall due in part to a predecessor event, small (relative to a hurricane) regions of heavy rainfall produced ahead of a hurricane. These rainfalls produce a band of "deep tropical moisture" which, when mixed with a hurricane, cause significant rainfall.
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