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Helene is going down as the storm from hell for multiple reasons:
* the hurricane was difficult to pin down a week in advance though the forecast quickly came into view over the next few days with a clear indication by Sunday (4 days beforehand) that a hurricane would be over the Gulf of Mexico & likely headed for Central & Eastern Gulf or Florida
* the Big Bend landfall is the third landfall for roughly the same area in 13 months (Idalia, Debby & Helene)
* the fast moving Cat. 4 hurricane reached its peak upon approach to landfall
* the fast, intense hurricane caused considerable damage well inland.
* Helene dumped very heavy rain in a short period of time while slowing down over – in particular – Northern Ga., the Southern Appalachians including the Western Carolina’s, Western Virginia & the eastern half of Tennessee.