Heavy rain is expected to move into parts of South and North Carolina that have already seen two billion-dollar floods in eight years.
More than a foot of rain has already fallen across the state, leaving some areas under water. is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn’t done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north.
As Debby swirls just offshore, the heavy rain is expected to move into parts of South and North Carolina that have already seen two billion-dollar floods in eight years. “We especially don’t need any yahoos driving through the water and causing damage to properties,” Cogswell said. Green Pond in rural Colleton County, South Carolina, reported the most rain so far, just over 14 inches . A nearby dam had water run over its top but did not crumble, while trees and washouts blocked a number of roads, county Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief David Greene said.
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