What causes remnants of hurricanes to affect areas not in the direct path?

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i am so sorry if my question is worded weirdly.

live in pennsylvania. the remnants of hurricane beryl are supposed to come thru wednesday. i looked at the path, and my city isn’t in the cone. but we are still predicted to get massive rain and heavy thunderstorms.

how does this work? does it just depend on the size of the hurricane? and for cities that are IN the cone, are they going to be hit harder?

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The cone is the estimated path of the storm *center*. For a system that is a couple hundred miles across, this means that areas well outside the cone can still feel the effects.

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