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GEORGETOWN, S.C. – The latest news about the floods caused by the old hurricane Florence (all local times):
2:10 p.m.
The flood waters of Hurricane Florence are in no hurry to leave South Carolina.
Eleven days after the storm, the Waccamaw River in Conway continues to rise after reaching record levels.
Last Friday, the river broke the record established two years ago by Hurricane Mathew when it reached 5.5 meters. Florence raised the flooded river to 21 feet (6.4 meters) from Tuesday. It was expected to appear at 21.7 feet (6.6 meters), possibly Wednesday.
Forecasters say that after that, it will remain above the level reached by Matthew at least until early next week.
On Monday, September 24, 2018, the houses are submerged by the waters of the Black River after Hurricane Florence in Currie, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (Ken Blevins / The Star-News via AP) ( Associated Press)
Vivian Chestnut, a former city councilor from Conway, said it was the worst flood she had ever seen. She had to leave home Wednesday when the water was rising and she does not know when she will see again.
Georgetown is a city downriver from Conway. Here, locals are also preparing for the worst floods of their lives. Officials warn that it could start Wednesday.
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2:10 p.m.
According to a National Weather Service meteorologist, a low pressure zone off the Caroline coasts is likely to bring down showers but will not significantly increase flood threats in areas already saturated by Hurricane Florence. .
Reid Hawkins is the Scientific and Operational Lead for the Wilmington National Weather Service Office. He said in a phone interview Tuesday that the low-pressure zone off the coast is expected to collide with a front that will push it north. He says the system should not become worse than a tropical depression.
Hawkins says the coastal areas around Wilmington could receive rain, but it should not increase floods dramatically and "should not put too much mud in the rivers".
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2:10 p.m.
US Marines report that sewage overflowed from a North Carolina base into a river after Hurricane Florence.
A press release indicates that the spill was discovered Monday afternoon. According to the Corps, approximately 84,000 gallons (318,000 liters) of wastewater dumped in a low area of Camp Lejeune and approximately 42,000 gallons (159,000 liters) overflowed from the lower zone and spilled into the
The press release indicated that the spill was caused by a power outage at a sewage treatment plant during the storm and a high volume of rain resulting in an overflow of the low-lying area.
The workers removed the remaining wastewater on the base and disinfected the area. The press release indicates that base officials confirmed that the spill was not threatening its residential water supply.
State environmental officials also work with the base to collect new water samples.
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2:10 p.m.
A bipartisan group of current and former education leaders in North Carolina are asking for donations to help speed up the recovery of school districts affected by Hurricane Florence.
Public School Superintendent Mark Johnson and predecessors June Atkinson and Mike Ward joined others in Raleigh Tuesday to announce the Florence Student and Teacher Support Program. Their action comes as the legislature prepares for a special session next week to begin distributing relief funds in the event of a disaster.
Past and present leaders say they are looking for donations for schools in need. The money will be distributed to the districts through a special fund of public education already existing.
Many schools in the districts affected by the storm remain closed. There is no official number but DIC spokesperson Drew Elliot says nearly 1.2 million schoolchildren in the state have more than 1.5 million students missed school because of the disaster.
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12:20
Red Cross officials say residents displaced by Hurricane Florence may be struggling to find temporary housing because of the damage caused by the storm and an already tight rental housing market.
Brad Kieserman, vice president of operations and logistics for the Red Cross, said the North Carolina rental market was already tense before the storm. He said that much of the rental market in rural areas of North Carolina was in houses and structures on one floor that could be damaged by floods.
He said FEMA data indicates that tens of thousands of structures were damaged by the storm.
He said North Carolina Red Cross shelters numbered about 1,700 on Tuesday, compared with 22,000 in the region. He said the number is in line with state data because the Red Cross operates virtually every household in the state. He said about 200 people are in shelters run by the Red Cross in South Carolina.
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12:20
Funeral services are arranged for the two women who drowned while being driven to a mental health center in South Carolina in a flooded area.
An obituary indicates that Nicolette Green, 43, will be buried Wednesday in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania. The services for Wendy Newton, 45, of Shalotte, North Carolina, are listed as taking place Friday in Hamlet.
It took more than 24 hours for the authorities to retrieve the women's bodies from the Horry County Sheriff's Office pickup truck, taken last week into the floodwaters of Marion County. Crews picked up the van herself, almost a week after her death.
The two MPs driving the women were able to escape the van that was flowing. They were discharged as a result of the incident investigation.
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12:20
Floods in northeastern South Carolina due to Hurricane Florence provide the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Officials from Horry County said Tuesday in a press release that they would start spraying mosquitoes on Tuesday night and would continue Wednesday and later this week.
The press release states that the chemicals used are approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and pose little risk to people and animals. But county officials say that people with asthma or respiratory problems may want to stay indoors with doors and windows closed during spraying.
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12:20
The sheriff's deputies in North Carolina are trying to determine whether the death of a man whose body was found in a ditch is related to Hurricane Florence.
According to media reports, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said that 32-year-old Marcus Jamal Wiley's body was found Monday by a landscaper who was cleaning the US sector south of Goldsboro.
The sheriff's office said the ditch where the victim was found had been flooded for more than a week and the water had disappeared.
An autopsy did not determine how Wiley died and the detectives build a calendar.
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11:50
According to forecasters, a storm system off the coast of the Carolinas fought by Florence will pour more rain on the already saturated states.
The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday on its website that a large low-pressure area about 420 kilometers south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, produced showers and thunderstorms on its northern slope. Forecasters have said it could be a tropical depression as it approaches the coast on Tuesday, and it would rain on the coast anyway.
County officials have recommended that nearly 8,000 people leave their homes, more than 10% of the population. Authorities expect the waters to flood several bridges, almost cutting off Georgetown County in two and leaving only one freeway outside the ridge scheduled for Thursday morning.
The hurricane center also warned of dangerous surf and tear currents along parts of the North Carolina coast.
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1 o'clock in the morning
Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was attending a hurricane Florence party in his Georgetown neighborhood, where the story goes that some houses near the Sampit River have not been flooded since their construction before the American Revolution.
Gantt will spend Tuesday with sandbags, watching the nearby river rise from the heavy rains of Florence and see if luck eventually run out in his house built in 1737.
The Sampit is one of five rivers that reach the Atlantic Ocean in and near Georgetown on the coast of South Carolina. And Hurricane Florence – which began with record rainfall in North Carolina – is expected to cause record flooding downstream in Georgetown County. The county has recommended that nearly 8,000 people leave their homes, more than 10% of the population.
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