South Carolina grappled when using the devastation twisted by put on record rain fall, as the demise levy from tremendous flooding roze wijn to effectively 15 on Tuesday and homeowners braced for additional evacuations in places near dams and sore canals along the area.
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Governor Haley says that there is massive crop damage estimated at $300 million, with the peanut and shellfish industry the hardest hit.
The Georgetown area would start to flood over the next 12 hours and the increased water levels would last upwards of 12 days. While a mandatory evacuation order has not been issued, we do strongly encourage residents of the Oatland and Dunbar community to take this opportunity to evacuate. Highway 17 and 701 are likely to be closed down.
“We’re starting to see that the midlands, now all that water is going to start moving to the low country, and so we are going to be extremely careful”, said Gov. Haley. Instead, the county issued an alert for areas along the Black River, Pee Dee River and Mingo Creek, Georgetown County spokesperson Jackie Broach said in a statement.
According to NBC News, the areas lying south of Givhans Ferry could experience more flooding in the next 72 hours; Georgetown could see more flooding in the next 12 hours.
Haley said during her aerial tour over the state, she could see the water moving across the state.
Haley says making sure the state has the manpower to get them out is a priority and advised anyone who is home and wondering if the danger could affect them to call SCEMD at (866) 246-0133. That includes people and animals.
The death toll has risen to 17, she said. The National Weather Service said that the Santee River, now at 18.36 feet, could rise to 23 feet (13 feet above flood stage) by Saturday. She also said, “We are having an issue getting those people to leave because they have been in hurricane situations”.
As of Thursday, 38 boil water advisories were in effect. In addition to billions of dollars in property damage and broken dams, there are still many rivers in the state that have yet to flood.
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Areas of Dorchester, Charleston, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties that are situated close to the Waccamaw and Edisto rivers are expected to be affected by the flooding. In contrast to zero dam failures in North Carolina, 14 have been reported in South Carolina.
