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    1 month ago

    It wasn’t really.

    Outside of Florida being Florida, it looks like Helene hit inland a lot harder than previous hurricanes. Usually hurricanes lose a lot of their energy by the time they hit the Appalachian Mountains. So you’ve got a lot of mountain regions dealing with the worst flooding they have ever seen.