Traffic near the 190-mile marker on I-26 was at a near standstill for several hours the morning of Aug. 9. State transportation officials rerouted traffic through to bypass the running waters on a section of Dorchester County interstate. Rain from overnight prompted the closure neat the Cypress Campground overpass.
Anxiety in Nichols rises with the rivers. Although the latest flood projections don't forecast disasters like those 2016 and 2018, some area residents worry about their homes are in danger.
Rain from Debby and rainfall expected through the day and night Aug. 9 as a cold front moves through the region will cause rivers to overflow their banks.
The region's far-reaching $13.1 billion visitor industry is sure to shoulder the steepest losses from the prolonged deluge.
Charleston Mayor William Cogswell made a rare move ordering a citywide curfew and closing the flood-prone peninsula to all traffic during Tropical Storm Debby. He maintains it was right call. Business leaders mostly applaud it, though some said a lack of communication left them scrambling.
Flood risks loom large over the Lowcountry and Pee Dee regions of South Carolina. Rivers are rising and more thunderstorms are forecast through the weekend, which will bring more rain to regions already saturated from Tropical Storm Debby. The Edisto River is expected to exceed a major flood stage by Saturday, Aug. 10 and stay there through much of next week.
As comparisons are drawn between Tropical Storm Debby and 2015's "thousand-year flood," how resilient are the state's dams to excessive amounts of rainfall? State and federal data shows hundreds are in need of essential repairs.
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