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Flooding from Helene likely to cause a mosquito outbreak in NC
After Hurricane Florence caused widespread flooding across North Carolina in September 2018, several waterlogged communities were plagued by swarms of nickel-size mosquitoes. In addition to being bigger than ordinary mosquitoes, these biting bugs were noticeably more aggressive. They hatched en masse from eggs that had lain dormant in the soil — some for as long as two years — before being roused by the deluge.
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