How places around Lake Lanier are coping after the wettest year since 2013 - Gainesville Times

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How places around Lake Lanier are coping after the wettest year since 2013

Trash is scattered throughout Lake Lanier Olympic Park on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

01062019 LANIER 001.JPG — Trash is scattered throughout Lake Lanier Olympic Park on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Last year was the wettest year Gainesville has seen since 2013.In 2018 the city received a total of 69.86 inches of rain, just over 13 inches more than it did in 2017, according to the National Weather Service Forecast Office.