Tracking Hurricane Debby

According to ABC Columbia: Due to impending inclement weather starting on Tuesday, August 6, the City of Columbia urging people to avoid flood-prone streets and intersections throughout the city. Severe rain totals are expected in the Columbia area between from Tuesday, August 6, through Thursday, August 8, due to Tropical Storm Debby.

The following streets and intersections are prone to flooding during heavy rain events so avoid these areas during and immediately after heavy rains:

• Main and Whaley,                                              Gervais and Laurens,
• Blossom and Henderson,                                  Blossom and Saluda,
• Harden and Santee,                                            Monroe and Maple,
• Two Notch and Read,                                         Wheat and Amherst,
• Adger and Devine,                                               Wheat and Sumter
• Wheat and Pickens.                                             Heyward and Ravenel
• Pickens between Wheat and Green,                Barnwell and Pendleton
• Harden and Read,                                               Harden and Calhoun
• Franklin and Marion,                                         Franklin and Sumter
• Columbia College,                                               N. Main, Bull and Laurel

If you encounter a flooded street or intersection, turn around; do not attempt to drive through it.

Stay away from storm-damaged areas.

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