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NEWS: Tropical storm may turn into hurricane Monday

Staff reports | Officials are closely watching the churning in the Atlantic Ocean as Tropical Storm Isaias moves north towards the Carolinas coast. Heavy, spotty rain has been reported Monday morning.

The storm, near the Georgia-Florida line early this morning, is expected to be off the coast of Charleston by Monday night, bringing with it heavy rains. At 5 a.m., maximum sustained winds were 70 mph. It may gain enough power to be a hurricane, forecasters say, with the highest winds occurring off the coast. The probable landfall is Wilmington, N.C.

As of 8 a.m., Charleston was under a tropical storm warning, but a hurricane warning stretched from the South Santee River to Surf City, N.C. A storm surge warning is in effect from Edisto Island to the North Carolina line.

by Charleston Currents · 08/03/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

FOCUS, Palm: Where to start to fix flooding in Charleston County

By Fred Palm, special to Charleston Currents | The driver of future flooding or its prevention lies in Charleston County’s comprehensive land use and the county’s zoning code that is now undergoing review.

Charleston County’s Comprehensive Plan does NOT have water height, e.g., FLOODING, in the plan. Imagine doing a county plan without having looked at an inundation map, let alone defining a land use plan that will accommodate future floods. To continue to muddle through is other than the top-tier governance that we need now.

The next meeting of the countywide planning commission is October 9, 2017, 2 p.m. There, Charleston County can take immediate action in addressing flooding by crafting the comprehensive plan land use and zoning code to address the water issues.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 10/09/2017 · 1 comment · Focus, Good news

PHOTO: A dark and stormy afternoon

Beach weekends around this time of year seem to have a rolling theme — great morning weather followed by rolling, black thunderclouds in the afternoon as heat and steam build up to generate rain. Photo by Andy Brack.

by Andy Brack · 08/01/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Photos

Enter our fun rain photo contest now!

Not much to do with all of the rain soaking the Carolinas? You can win a can of beef stew — yes, a can of beef stew — if you send us the winning snapshot in Charleston Currents’ brand new, take-advantage-of-the-storm RAIN PHOTO CONTEST.

All you have to do is snap a photo of something that you believe best illustrates the continuing rain soaking the Carolinas. Qualifying photos will be those taken between Friday, Oct. 2, and 6 p.m., Oct. 4, 2015. The best photos will be published in the Oct. 5 issue of Charleston Currents, your source for good news about the Lowcountry.

by Charleston Currents · 10/03/2015 · 2 comments · Good news, Photos