High tide along the South Carolina coast has led to dangerous flooding Wednesday night.
Hide tide levels along the coast of South Carolina led to major flooding and reports of dangerous road conditions as Tropical Storm Idalia barrels its way up the Southeast Coast.
Officials predicted that the storm—which made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane, but has since been demoted—would reach Charleston by 8 p.m. Wednesday, bringing with it threats of storm surges, flooding and several tornado watches. Idalia devastated parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday morning and passed through parts of southeast Georgia before moving north.
Two deaths have been reported by the Florida Highway Patrol, according to a report from CNN. Patrol Sergeant Steve Gaskins told the network that the two men died in separate weather-related crashes on Wednesday. Another man was killed by a falling tree in Georgia while he was trying to clear a roadway that had been blocked by debris from the storm, reported the Associated Press (AP).
