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Dr. Caroline Sawyer Receives Akers Award from South Carolina Humanities. South Carolina Humanities is pleased to announce USCB's Dr. Caroline Sawyer as a 2024 recipient of the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities and the Akers Prize. The Akers Prize, formerly the Fresh Voices in the Humanities Award, recognizes innovative...
Hilton Head Island mayor on Tropical Storm Debby
Hilton Head Island Mayor Alan Perry is encouraging residents to stay home after Tropical Storm Debby dumped more than 10 inches of rain in the region and as risks of floods continue. Perry joins CBS News with more information for residents and tourists in the South Carolina area.
Debby deluges Southeast with torrent of rainfall
Tropical Storm Debby inundated coastal Georgia and South Carolina with a deluge of rain that could bring “catastrophic flooding” to Charleston, Savannah and other cities on Tuesday, a day after it slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a hurricane. At least six people have died in Florida...
'A huge responsibility': Weather Channel's Justin Michaels covers storm's impact on Beaufort with empathy
BEAUFORT — As Tropical Storm Debby swirled through the Southeast, The Weather Channel dispatched correspondents to cover the storm — from Florida, through Georgia and the Carolinas, including from the Lowcountry to the Grand Strand. Famed weatherman Jim Cantore was among the reporters deployed, with his Charleston arrival...
Bluffton assisting residents due to Tropical Storm Debby flooding
The Town of Bluffton has seen about 13 inches of rain as of Wednesday afternoon and more was expected within the next 24 hours. "The grounds are already saturated, and the community still needs to take precautions," a representative for the town said Wednesday. Town leaders and staff have been...
Tropical Storm Debby slams popular Port Royal rookery. Here’s how the birds fared
Tropical Storm Debby tore through Port Royal’s famed Cypress Wetlands and Rookery, leaving it littered with downed trees and prompting the closure of its main entrance. Each year, thousands of birds and birdwatchers flock to the swamp, which is located right off the town’s main street. How are...
Lowcountry Readers Support New Edisto Novel
Readers in the Lowcountry are getting behind the quirky novel The Bird in Your Heart: A Carolina Sea Island Story published last summer by Southern fiction author Tim Bryant. Primarily set on Edisto Island, The Bird in Your Heart is about an Atlanta advertising executive who divorces the boss’s daughter, loses his job, and returns to his family’s ancestral home on Edisto. He plans to sail off to see the world but his elderly mother is going blind and the old place needs huge repairs. A many-generations-long love of birdwatching reconnects him to his roots. Southern traditions, Gullah culture, and oddball island ways create a Lowcountry tangle built around birding, beaches and boats.
2 apartment complexes surrounded in Beaufort after Debby flooding
BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV)—People living in Broad River Village Apartments and Abberly Apartments were left without an entrance or exit after Tropical Storm Debby flooded them in. The shared entrance has been blocked since Tropical Storm Debby pushed into the Beaufort area. Candace Olson, a resident of Broad River Village Apartments received a text message from […]
Residents of Hilton Head area see downed trees, washed-out roads and damage from Debby
Officials across the Lowcountry are urging residents to stay home if possible, adding that some floodwater is seeping into homes due to waves created by passing cars.
Emergency services respond to I-95 accident near Hardeeville
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (WSAV)—At least one person was safely removed from a car after it apparently hydroplaned on I-95 North outside of Hardeeville on Tuesday. In the video, fire rescue can be seen arriving on scene to assist the car turned on its side. With the increase in rainfall and water on the roads, proceed with […]
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