Severe weather can come, pandemic or no pandemic. One emergency planner says a few simple steps can have you and your home ready in case you’re socked in for a few days.
Isaias was upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane late Thursday night. Some weakening has taken place so far today and the system is now producing sustained winds of 75 MPH just north and east of its center.
Homeowners on Maple Road in Long County say the flooding rain overnight didn’t do anything new. They say this area stays flooded more days than it doesn’t.
Seeing the devastation in Wayne County firsthand really sets in just how powerful this storm was while also highlighting how powerful the community is.
Many in Liberty County have a mess on their hands. They are thankful no was hurt when a tornado roared through, but they are wondering how long before their community is back to normal.
Relief and recovery efforts are well underway in Hampton County. Several non-profits and community members came together to help the families affected by Monday’s deadly storm.
A powerful line of storms early Monday morning damaged more than two dozen planes, destroying approximately 20 of them, at the Lowcountry Regional Airport in Walterboro.
Five people are dead after a tornado swept through parts of Hampton County, S.C. in the early-morning hours on Monday, the Hampton County Emergency Management Agency confirmed.
“It sounded like a train. It was pretty scary,” said Marcus Edwards describing the terrifying scene as he sat inside his Screven County home Monday morning helpless.
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.
Last week’s storms have moved out of Georgia, but some areas are still feeling the impact of rising river levels. The Altamaha River runs through McIntosh County, which saw road problems during the storm.
The rains stopped Friday, but water continues to flow in ditches around the county. Screven County’s EMA director says they’ve had 27 roads with washouts where neighboring flatland counties have standing water.
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.
