Here's how Hurricane Helene brought "biblical devastation" to western North Carolina in a near "worst-case scenario"

Hurricane Helene has proved to be disastrous for Appalachia, as massive amounts of precipitation from the storm caused rampant flooding that has devastated several towns and killed dozens of people. On Monday, the North Carolina State Climate Office provided a picture of how the "monster storm" was nearly a "worst-case scenario for western North Carolina." 

"Torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene capped off three days of extreme, unrelenting precipitation, which left catastrophic flooding and unimaginable damage in our Mountains and southern Foothills," a post from the office says. "... the full extent of this event will take years to document - not to mention, to recover from." 

Here's how the climatologists said it happened.