Will Cunningham, 14, rides his bike down Station 29 on Sullivan’s Island, S.C., with his friend Patrick Kelly, 14, going the kayak route during flood waters on Sullivan’s Island Saturday, October 3, 2015.
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“With the storm moving away from our coasts, we are directing state resources to the counties and areas with the highest potential to need assistance”, Hogan said.
Flood waters enveloped this neighborhood in the Strathmere section…
Heavy equipment moves sand that was trucked in to the beach in the…
Governors up and down the coast warned residents to prepare for more heavy rains.
Gordon says the driver of the auto Sharifian was in was taken to Cape Fear Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Millions along the East Coast breathed a little easier Friday after forecasters said Hurricane Joaquin would probably veer out to sea.
A complex weather pattern was developing Friday and setting the stage for very wet – and perhaps risky – conditions.
“I had one farmer tell me this is like getting all of your cash assets, put them on a clothesline, waiting for the wind to blow them away”, he said.
Pedestrians negotiate rainy conditions along Lexington Avenue…
The strongest winds of Joaquin will continue moving over portions of the central and north-western Bahamas Friday as warm ocean temperatures of 30°C (86°F), and weak vertical wind shear help to maintain the storms intensity.
Captain Mark Fedor of the USCG said: ‘This vessel is disabled basically right near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin.
The National Weather Service says the risk of flooding will continue through Monday morning, especially in parts of North and South Carolina that already have gotten up to 11 inches of rain this week.
“We don’t want people to drop their guard on this”, said Jeff Orrock, a weather service meteorologist in Wakefield, to The Dispatch. Ten to 15 inches of rain is expected. Barbara Vaughn, a Charleston city spokeswoman, said several people were rescued from stranded cars there.
The downtown Charleston peninsula, which includes the city’s historic district, has been reopened on a limited basis.
Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Bruce Smith in Charleston, South Carolina; Mitch Weiss in Greenville, S.C.; Brock Vergakis in Norfolk, Virginia; David Dishneau in Ocean City, Maryland; Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, New Jersey, and Julie Walker in New York. The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Bermuda.
Officials say high water has forced the closing of State Route 1 northbound and southbound between Bethany and Dewey Beach, including the bridge over the Indian River Inlet.
Bahamas resident Shandira Forbes said she had spoken to her mother on Acklins by phone Thursday. And high winds could topple trees like the one that hit a vehicle near Fayetteville, North Carolina, killing a passenger.
“As a result of global warming, climate change we are going to deal with more extreme weather”, he said.
Still, the Atlantic Seaboard was spared what could have been much worse damage had Hurricane Joaquin not continued on a path well off the USA coast. Its maximum sustained winds are near 130 miles per hour with higher gusts, the National Weather Service said Friday.
A hurricane warning was posted for the islands of San Salvador, Cat Island, Eleuthera and Rum Cay, with the threat of storm surges, coastal flooding and 5-10 inches (13-25 centimeters) of rain, said Geoffrey Greene, a senior forecaster with the Bahamas Meteorology Department.
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South Carolina and North Carolina appear likely to bear the brunt of the system as a front stalls over the region. “We’re pretty confident that a few places are going to have 15 inches. We have all of this tropical moisture, and it’s going to get sucked into the Carolinas, into Virginia, maybe even into Georgia, and that will cause flooding”.
