Rain, snow, clouds - all forms of weather. Forms of weather that impact us every day and all form through a lot of the same processes: the water cycle.
With more rain expected across the Coastal Empire later this week, residents living near and on the Ogeechee River are still dealing with the high water around them from last week’s rain.
It comes just on the heels of the recent heavy rain we’ve seen. In Jasper County, they are still seeing water after Thursday’s rain came down and caused problems on the interstate.
Over in Montgomery County, the heavy rain has made a mess of the roads. Since Thursday night crews have worked tirelessly to assess road conditions and close the ones that are impassable.
As severe weather moves past our area, there are still areas throughout Bryan, Chatham, Montgomery, Wayne and other counties dealing with flood waters and road closures.
All this rainy weather has a direct impact on many school systems. And although Beaufort County did not close their schools Thursday, their bus drivers do have to change how they operate to make sure the kids stay safe.
Due to the recent heavy amount of rain in the county, the Evans County Emergency Management Agency has decided to close all dirt roads to through traffic.
Folks who live on Shearhouse Landing say every inch or two that the river rises can be the difference between water going under a house or going in it. They say the last thing they need here are man-made waves.
In some places, rural dirt roads look like rivers as rains soak the ground around them. In Bulloch County, officials have closed several dirt roads and have urged drivers to use caution on many others.
Over the last few days, areas of Montgomery County have been flooded. Water has filled peoples’ front yards, come up to their houses and nearly washed out their cars.
Wire by wire. Gromet by gromet. Hole by hole. Jenkins High School students are working on a project that's breaking the mold in how to gather sea level data in the future.
Hilton Head Emergency Services knows that people that live on the island probably know how to deal with severe weather. But they want to make sure people are still taking it seriously.
The rain we’ve gotten has several rivers higher than usual and some neighbors concerned. On the Altamaha River, it has people watching their river banks and upstream.
Flood water were meeting many South Bryan County residents right at their front door, cars even submerged, on Monday. However Tuesday it’s a different scene.
Today is a First Alert Weather Day. Flood and Flash Flood Watches remain in effect for a large portion of the WTOC Viewing Area. With temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s, areas of heavy rain will focus along the I-95 corridor and in the South Carolina Lowcountry through the morning.
A user warning for anyone sleeping with heating pads and or heated blankets. Baylee Satchell says the timer on her brand new two-foot-long heating pad she received as a wedding present never went off.
As the colder temperatures start to arrive here in the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry, there are a few things you need to start thinking about if you use things like space heaters to keep things toasty inside your home.
Places in the Lowcountry saw a lot of wind and some downed trees during Hurricane Dorian, but not a lot of rain. Since this weekend’s forecast is changing that, Bluffton officials are preparing just in case.
Ranchers who haven’t seen rain in months say this drought is taking its toll, not only on the livestock and what they’d feed them now but what they need to feed them this winter.
During Friday’s meeting, the Chatham County Commission discussed reserve funds in the county budget related to the mandatory evacuation ahead of Hurricane Dorian.
