Obama Declares State of Emergency in South Carolina
Obama Declares State of Emergency in South Carolina as Hurricane Joaquin Adds to Flooding
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RALEIGH, N.C.—President Barack Obama
has declared a state of emergency in South Carolina as Hurricane Joaquin combines with other storm systems to dump rain and cause flooding in the state, with more wet weather likely for days.
In picturesque downtown Charleston, S.C., where most streets were flooded, businesses had sandbags at their doors to help brace for rising tidewaters. “Flooding is extreme,” said state Rep. Peter McCoy of Charleston, in a tweet urging constituents to stay indoors. The “threat for widespread, catastrophic flooding” and gusty winds would continue across parts of the southeast through the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
Some 94 state roads and bridges were closed because of flooding, while some people spent the night in American Red Cross shelters and more than 29,000 customers were without power statewide, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division said on Sunday.
joaquin had weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 miles an hour, according to an 8 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters said the center of Joaquin would pass near Bermuda Sunday afternoon, and that the storm would lose more power over the next 48 hours.
My family lives there and they told me it's been raining nonstop but everything's been alright. My friends in Charleston have been uploading pics of the streets and it's flooding. Hope everyone is safe
My family lives there and they told me it's been raining nonstop but everything's been alright. My friends in Charleston have been uploading pics of the streets and it's flooding. Hope everyone is safe
I live in South Carolina and it's real bad in my city and the state capital.
I live in North Carolina and we had some of this NASTY, DREARY mess as well. It was real bad on Friday with the wind and rain; Conditions outside were MISERABLE and the rain came down in buckets.
I wish our neighbors down south a speedy recovery.
