Lake Lanier’s level rose nearly a foot in the immediate aftermath of flooding rain in late July.
The area saw a “200-year flood” on July 24. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan explained it’s called that because there is only a 0.5% chance of it happening in any given year.
The drought monitor days before the rainfall showed much of the area around the Lake Lanier reservoir was still in a moderate to severe drought…