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Myrtle Beach mayor urges caution from lingering Debby flooding
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8/7/2024
The coastal city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is reeling from the lingering effects of Debby's rain and flooding on Aug. 7. The storm has impacted businesses and forced beaches to close.
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Myrtle Beach has already seen a lot of flooding. We've been sharing a lot of that footage here on
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the AccuWeather Network. So what has Debbie's impact been so far to your coastal city?
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Well as of now it's been very minimal but we're not out of the woods yet. We still have a lot of
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rain to come and that is our biggest concern is the amount of water that this storm will bring
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as well as the fact that it's just going to stall over us for the next day or two.
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So the concern is definitely about flooding.
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And everyone loves the boardwalk there. So many of those local businesses. Have you seen big
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impacts along those businesses in the boardwalk? Any kind of injuries or road closures that you
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can report on? No injuries thank goodness but definitely our businesses will be impacted.
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August is the end of our peak tourist season. So the fact that our small businesses many of
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them are closed today. Many of our visitors have gone home in anticipation of the storm. So this
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will impact our business community and that's very unfortunate because this is the time of year
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where they make the bulk of their money. Yeah that's such an important reminder here with
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kind of an early season impact here. Typically we see that peak into September but now we're
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talking early August. So that is a big impact on coastal communities. So what are your teams
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focused on today as Debbie continues to bring more rain and more of that coastal push of water
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with more flooding? Our teams I have to give them such a huge shout out. They really worked all too
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well to prepare our city in anticipation of this tropical storm. And that includes lowering the
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levels in our storm water retention ponds to hold the extra water. Emptying out, cleaning out storm
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drains, ocean outfall drains. So really doing everything they can to keep our community as
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safe as possible. And they are on standby with high water vehicles and boats. Not only for our
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community if needed but for our neighbors who may not have the equipment that we do. We still have
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a lot of rain, some winds to come. Stay inside if at all possible and definitely do not go on the
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beach or in the ocean. We are at a double red flag warning. That means the ocean is closed.
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I know it's enticing especially to surfers but it's just too dangerous and it's not worth the risk.
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