3 3 its been three months since the historic flood hit our state and destroyed peoples homes and livelihood. And many residents are still in the rebuilding stage. News 19s. Loren. Went out to kilbourne road in columbia to hear some of their stories. 3 three months ago this neighborhood saw devastation beyond belief. Now homeowners are living elsewhere while their homes are being repaired, but they are optimistic that they will one day be able to return. Sometimes its hard to believe that it has happened. Cynthia pierce saw several feet of water in her home. Now more than 90 days later she closer to moving back in. But before they do that, they must feet. Its now about two to three feet off the ground and off the ground. So the about, but being in compliance so that we would have a better resale value one day was utmost in our minds too. Her next door neighbor has a different story. Yes, both of their homes saw Severe Damage from the flood and they both received help from fema, but wont
Lake murray. At four in the morning. Sceandg will open one spill gate. Releasing 18thousand cubic feet per second into the lower saluda river. This is in response to significant upstream inflows into lake murray. Residents will notice lake levels continuing to rise. But Officials Say they will not exceed the recommended operating level. Theyll be monitoring the situation during the next 48 hours. Stay with abc columbia news for further updates. Much of todays heavy rains have impacted roads in newberry county. Keeping emergency crews hands full. Deputies recommend if you dont have to be out tonight. Stay at home. They ask that you do not go around barricades or cones. Warning that could put your life at risk. Tonight. There are at least nine roads osed because of the rain. We have that list on our website. Abc columbia dot com. Also want to mention. Corley mill road is closed tonight. Between mill stream road and river bluff tapering off. For the latest tonight. Heres chief show. 3 in
Today is the last day to apply for fema flood assistance. You can register by calling them up till 10 00 p. M. Tonight or go online till midnight. We have their Contact Information on our website www. Wltx. Com. Flood recovery is far from over for many farmers and there might be money available to help. News 19s Sonia Gutierrez has information about the Community Development block grant that was passed. It include millions for home owners and farmers. At this point we are trying to get our financials in order. Only thing we received so far is crop insurance. Reporter he estimates losing 200,000 worth of crops to the october floods. Statewide the loss is closer to half a billion. I have a long ways to go. I have a lot of people i owe a lot of money to. That might be eligible for money passed as part of the federal spending bill. If the money is there, this is a disaster for all of us. There has been money allocated to help states that have been effected by natural disasters and South Ca
Rain, the quick rising creeks and streams can lead to flooding across the counties highlighted in red from just about everybody in the upstate and south of i85. This will continue until 3 00 today. If you live in a prone flood area or areas that are prone to flooding, a careful traveling. If you have a creek coming over a road, do not drive through it. Even a few inches can take you into the creek and into a lot of trouble in a short period of time. Things should get betterer as the evening goes on. Until 3 15, quite a few counties under Flash Flood Warnings. We will talk about Better Weather in a few minmike thank you. We do want to begin with wyff news 4s corey davis who is live in greenville, where several roads and parks are shut down. Corey . After downpours that ended about one hour ago. We are at false park with a look at reedy river. The water level is just over five feet for most of the river in Greenville County. Flood stage isnt until the water reaches 12 feet. The river is
Troopers say it happened about 1 30 this morning. We are working to get more information on what happened. Aly turning to the weather. Across the midwest and south, people are cleaning up from Severe Weather that continues today. Hundreds of homes are underwater in missouri. The Mississippi River is expected to rise to close to 15 feet above flood stage. On the video on the right, you are showing you are seeing what last nights rain left behind. Some showers in our area right now. Dale will tell us much more. Dale more scattered showers and thunderstorms today, perhaps, rit will not take as much because the ground is wet and saturated. Any heavy downpours could lead to localized flooding. That will be the story through early tomorrow and tonight cooler and drier weather starts to be felt come saturday, sunday, and monday and tuesday. So any days are coming. Cold or days, too. Did 60s it today for the upstate and the mountains and not quite as warm as yesterday where he tied a record ge