NewsAlert: South Carolina Gov. plans evacuation
The safety of everyone that could be impacted by this storm is paramount. He said that an evacuation order could be issued sometime Tuesday. Anyone living within 100 miles of the coast is being called on to move further inland as Hurricane Matthew approaches.
Berkeley School District officials are working closely with Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness Center to prepare some schools as shelters beginning Wednesday.
Track forecasts still called for it to shave the Lowcountry coast on Friday as a powerful cyclone, clip the North Carolina coast or make landfall there. About 1.1 million people are expected to flee the coast during the evacuation.
“This is serious, and our residents need to take this seriously as well”, Kiar said.
Others were not concerned but were gassing up their cars to get it out of the way.
Hurricane conditions remained in parts of Haiti and as much as 3 feet (1 meter) of rain was forecast to fall over hills that are largely deforested and prone to flash floods and mudslides, threatening villages as well as shantytowns in the capital Port-au-Prince.
The cyclone could hit Florida mid-day on Thursday, while the storm could linger around for as long as a day, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Greenville County is sending 235 regular school buses and 108 special needs school buses to help move residents out of Charleston ahead of the storm.
Haley said Tuesday that she “can’t imagine” the Gamecocks playing as scheduled against Georgia, The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C., reported.
Greenville County is sending more than 350 school buses to Charleston County to evacuate people without a auto.
SC released a statement on Saturday reiterating that kickoff for the game is still “slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia”. “But certainly, we’re going to continue to watch this”.
“Our administration is handling all of that through the SEC office”, he said. We don’t know what to do we really don’t.
She also urged residents to visit SCEMD.org for hurricane updates from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. “If somebody has an opportunity to leave, then leave”, he said. “I ask everybody not to take this lightly”. “We’re great when it comes to prayer”.
“As of right now we’re looking for Friday night into Saturday being pretty brutal”, Haley said.