North Carolina floodwaters from Hurricane Helene are making their way downstream, prompting the release of water from Lake Marion.
Lake Marion's water levels have plunged by more than four feet over the past few days as Santee Cooper, South Carolina's water and power utility, rushes to make room for floodwaters from North Carolina.Helene made landfall last Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of around 140 miles per hour near Perry, Florida, in the state's Big Bend region.
'A press release from the utility said that 'near-historic water flows' were expected to make their way downstream from the North Carolina flooding, amounting to inflows of 2 million gallons per second into Lake Marion. To make room for the water, the utility began lowering the lake's volume by spilling water from the dam last week.On September 27, Lake Marion's water levels were nearly 75 feet.
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