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Storms led to floods, later Lake Lanier
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In July 1916, the Southeast suffered from a tropical 1-2 punch that resulted in historic flooding and caused dozens of deaths and millions in damage. Northeast Georgia was near the bullseye of the storms that poured more than 13 inches of rainfall onto already saturated ground. A hurricane out of the Gulf of Mexico was followed by a tropical storm off the Southeast coast to bring tons of torrential rains to the area.