AccuWeather's Emmy Victor reported live from the scene of worsening floods in Charleston, South Carolina, on the night of Aug. 30, showing the deteriorating conditions in the city.
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00:00 We begin with Emmy Victor.
00:01 She joins us now from Charleston, South Carolina,
00:04 as Edalia continues to race across the Southeast
00:07 and reaches the Carolinas.
00:09 Emmy, I understand there is some serious flooding
00:11 happening right now in parts of Charleston,
00:14 hopefully not where you are,
00:15 but it looks pretty bad where you are right now.
00:17 -Kevin, things have quickly escalated here in Charleston.
00:23 We are in the thick of what Edalia
00:25 is going to bring to South Carolina,
00:27 and we are along the Charleston Battery right now.
00:29 There is unbelievable flooding taking place,
00:32 all within the past few hours as a result of this storm.
00:36 Just take a look at the street here.
00:37 It looks more like a river.
00:39 And these homes, these beautiful homes along the waterfront,
00:43 people are having a tough time accessing them right now
00:45 because there's just so much water
00:47 covering their neighborhood.
00:49 Now, I want to show you a little bit more
00:51 as to where all this water is coming from.
00:53 Now, of course, we are talking about rainwater,
00:55 but we're also talking a bit more
00:57 about some of the water from the Atlantic Ocean
01:00 coming in over this wall here.
01:03 Right now, we're in the midst of high tides,
01:05 so a lot of this water, because of the heavy winds,
01:08 being blown in, blown over,
01:11 and coming onto the street as well.
01:13 So we're talking about a pretty big mess happening here.
01:17 Multiple streets right now have barricades.
01:19 Police have been driving around,
01:21 trying to block the streets off
01:23 and trying to tell people to stay out of this area
01:26 if they can.
01:27 We do know that these kind of waters can be dangerous.
01:30 If you walk in them, you don't know what's underneath.
01:32 So it's very important to stay away,
01:34 pay attention to what officials are saying.
01:35 But we'll continue to see more of this flooding
01:38 as the rain comes down here in Charleston.
01:40 And we'll be here monitoring the situation
01:43 and giving you reports throughout the evening
01:44 as well as in our morning hours.
01:46 Kevin.
01:47 -You got it, Emmy.
01:48 That is a harrowing situation
01:50 that you are involved in right now,
01:51 and hopefully no one's out on the streets.
01:53 And you make a good point.
01:54 It can happen so fast, that storm surge flooding,
01:57 to go along with three to five inches of rain,
02:00 which has fallen in that area as well.
02:02 And other things kind of factor in
02:04 to make the flooding along the coast even worse.
02:07 -Yeah, I mean, we've got the moon.
02:09 I mean, today's the 30th,
02:10 and you've got the full moon in effect.
02:12 But this is a different moon.
02:13 It's closer to Earth.
02:14 It's a super moon.
02:15 So that is gonna impact the tide,
02:17 making the tide a bit larger.
02:19 It's gonna exacerbate the tides
02:21 and exacerbate those storm surge effects.