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Flooding from Helene likely to cause a mosquito outbreak in NC

By Jaymie Baxley 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 […]

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