An astronomical amount of precipitation fell on Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Florida.
An unheard of amount of rain.
Trillions and trillions of gallons, to be exact.
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Weather experts have described the conditions that transpired in and aroundAshevilleas a “worst-case scenario” for the region.
Rivers and lakes in some areas were already at flood level when Helene arrived as a Tropical Storm.
Its an unfathomable amount.
Private meteorologist Ryan Maue, a former NOAA chief scientist, was the one who made those calculations.
Experts believe that it was as many as three storms that combined to create Helenes apocalyptic results.
That collected at high elevation, were talking 3,000 to 6,000 feet.
And when you drop trillions of gallons on a mountain, that has to go down.
Ryan Cole, assistant director of Buncombe County Emergency Services, described the flooding as biblical.
“You’ve heard us say catastrophic devastation within our county, he told theCitizen-Times.
As a result, flooding can happen far from rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Its not isolated to Hurricane Helene and its not isolated to North Carolina, Hunt said.
Its no longer that if youre on the river, its a problem.
You may be miles away and have a problem.
