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Debby impacts taking a toll on Myrtle Beach
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8/7/2024
Storm chaser Aaron Rigsby provides the latest updates on flooding and beach erosion in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, associated with impacts from Debby on Aug. 7.
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And joining us right now is Aaron Rigsby. He is live right now in Myrtle Beach.
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Myrtle Beach in the right front quadrant. And you know, Aaron, there's just been
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this persistent southeasterly wind coming in the Myrtle Beach now for over
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the last two days. And it really has to be taking its toll on the beaches.
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Yeah, good morning guys. You're absolutely right. And I'm actually gonna touch base
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on that a little bit here, especially on the northern end of Myrtle Beach. You can
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actually see behind me some significant beach erosion that has been occurring
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with Debbie, with these tides that have continued to push in.
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You can see how much it's worked its way up. It's rushing back out.
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And you get another push to come back in with these big waves. So it's
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definitely taking a toll on the beaches here. And we're really starting to see
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those gusty winds that you talked about associated with Debbie today. Upwards of
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50 miles an hour sustained at times. And while you're out in Myrtle, last time I
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talked to you, you were in Savannah. How did things end up shaping up there for you?
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Savannah, Georgia, overall ended up pretty good. Debbie kind of moved over
01:04
there really slowly. There were some ice-shielded cases of flash flooding.
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There was a few stalled vehicles, but overall they fared fairly well as it took,
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you know, it was kind of moving a little bit quicker through Savannah. And that's
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not saying much. It went from like two miles an hour to about six miles an hour.
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Overall, Savannah fared fairly well. But as we get further north there, when the
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coastal stalled, we saw those rain bands kind of draining over the same areas as we saw
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the surge. You know, big impacts, especially yesterday in North Myrtle Beach.
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Well, we're getting, yeah, we're seeing a video right now, yesterday of Myrtle
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Beach with water in the streets. I assume every time we get a high tide,
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this is a problem that's going to repeat itself?
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Yeah, absolutely. Especially today and into tomorrow when Debbie's core
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approaches, because we're going to see the stronger winds approaching. We're
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going to see that constant onshore flow as those high tides come in. And I expect
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to see a couple of similar cases this evening. And similar areas that saw those
01:57
impacts yesterday. Yesterday was actually, a lot of that flash flooding occurred
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within about 30 to 45 minutes. I'll tell you how strong that rain band was that just
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moved over the same area and it came right at high tide. So once the water started
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to drain, the people had thought that it was over. And then immediately after that
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night, it started to push back forward. You can see the storm surge getting
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pushed forward as high tide came in with an additional two to three feet on
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top of the high tide. Aaron Rigsby live for us in Myrtle Beach. Storm Chaser,
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we appreciate your coverage live outside. And also all the video you've
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been sending back really helps to paint the story of Debbie and all the flooding.
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