Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina over the weekend, causing widespread devastation.
Spruce Pine was hit with over 2 feet of rain between Tuesday and Saturday, The Associated Press said.
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"The quartz in Spruce Pine formed deep in the Earth without a lot of water carrying in other impurities," Yinan Wang, a geologist, said.
That's because the Spruce Pine mines are singular in their scale, he said.
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