Hurricane Helene Lays Bare the Growing Threat of Inland Flooding

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Climate change is causing more severe tropical storms, which can inundate communities hundreds of miles from the coast.

Six months ago, Craig Colten moved from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Asheville, North Carolina—a historic city tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’d fallen in love with the region over the summers while in college and was eager to evade the near-constant threat of hurricanes that loomed over his life in Louisiana.

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