More Rain Coming as South Carolina Recovers From Massive Flood

Thad Wimberly, left, and Jonathan Berry inspect the damage to a…

With another one to two inches of rainfall dropping Saturday in the midlands, Gov. Nikki Haley is again asking people to stay off the roads, just six days after South Carolina experienced its worst flooding in state history.

Thunder, lightning and a couple of inches of extra rain spread across storm-torn Columbia.

The recent heavy rain have caused significant flooding.

But whenever second part of the tube toppled Wednesday mid-day, these folks were required to check out other possible choices, Mayor Steve Benjamin said.

Early Saturday morning, a round of rain pushed slowly through the Columbia, South Carolina, metro area with rain rates up to 1 inch in 15 minutes reported by the National Weather Service, prompting a flash flood warning for parts of Richland County.

Forecasters said Saturday that rainfall amounts will be slightly greater than initially anticipated on Friday. Smaller pipes had been pumping river water to the plant since Thursday, he said.

South Carolina’s sub-standard wasting could have made their obstacles from the heavy rain pour or even worse, the dashing clean water one last shock against flaky constructions, said Galloway, the Maryland tutor.

The Waccamaw River has crested and the Black River is near crest, Georgetown County Administrator Sel Hemingway said Friday afternoon.

The governor said the state could see a slow decline of the larger rivers, but possibly a few flooding in small creeks.

There was no estimate when the stretch of interstate could reopen. In the meantime, travelers who would normally drive 74 miles between Interstate 26 to Interstate 20 must take a 168-mile detour through Columbia.

The state Department of Health and Environmental Control says mobile clinics will be held Saturday at A.C. Flora High School and at Pine Glen Subdivision in Columbia. Pollack had been gutting waterlogged houses for two days to help restore hope to his community.

“Crested – I’ve been waiting for that word to be expressed here for a week”, Hemingway said.

Jan Hulbert, whose husband suffers from blood cancer, began to cry as she talked about the volunteers helping her dispose of the debris and sift through files, heirlooms and water-damaged belongings.

Police in Sumter say they’re looking for a 48-year-old Lexington man who promised to do $2,000 worth of fix work, cashed an upfront check and disappeared.