Why flash flooding overwhelmed southern North Carolina on Sept. 16

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The tropical rainstorm that came ashore on Sept. 16 wasn't a named storm, but it caused historic flooding in a narrow area of North Carolina. AccuWeather's Tony Laubach explains why.

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