Hurricane Ian brings storm surge, rain and wind to South Carolina

ABC News’ Elwyn Lopez reports from Charleston, South Carolina, as the historic city battles flooding and high winds from Hurricane Ian, which came ashore to the north Friday afternoon.
2:39 | 09/30/22

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Transcript for Hurricane Ian brings storm surge, rain and wind to South Carolina
 >> RIGHT UP THE EAST COAST. ALL RIGHT, MELISSA GRIFFIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. WE WILL GO NOW TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND ABC'S ELWOOD LOPEZ. I WOULD, IT MADE LANDFALL JUST ABOUT 60 MILES FROM YOU. WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THERE NOW? >> WELL, LISTEN GIA RIGHT NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING DECENT WEATHER HERE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE WERE SEEING RAIN BANDS THAT WERE COMING IN AND COMING OUT. THE BIG THING RIGHT NOW ARE THESE WIND GUSTS WE ARE STILL FEELING. AS MELISSA WAS EXPLAINING, THIS IS A FAST-MOVING SITUATION HERE. ONCE IT MADE LANDFALL OF A SUDDEN THE REMNANTS HAVE SPREAD OUT AND THEY WERE GOING TOWARDS THE MID-ATLANTIC. SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR SAYING WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. STAY PUT, STAY OFF THE ROADS. SOME ROADS NOW ARE IMPASSABLE. WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE NOW THE UNION HAS MADE LANDFALL. THERE IS SOME FLASH FLOODING HERE IN CHARLESTON. NOT WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING. IT WASN'T AS BAD AS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. THEY ARE REALLY BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF HERE. WHEN THE WIND GUSTS WERE UP AT THE HIGH LEVEL, UP TO 90 MILES PER HOUR WE DID SEE THAT A PIECE OF DARK SPLIT OVER HERE AT THE MARINA AND WAS SWEPT AWAY. WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THIS IMPACT. PEOPLE HERE IN CHARLESTON BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DODGED A BULLET, GEO. >> WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE GOVERNOR IS ACTUALLY SAYING IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD. NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET BUT THAT THINGS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD WITH THE STORM SURGE IS A CONCERN NOW AND ARE YOU SEEING ANY SIGNS OF THAT THERE? >> NOT RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE AT A MARINA. THIS IS THE ASHLEY RIVER. THE HIGH TIDE, WE SAW HIGH TIED IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT. THAT LANDFALL WAS GOING TO COINCIDE WITH HIGH TIDE. HERE WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED TO THE MANAGER OF THE MARINA OF THEY ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEE. A LOT OF THE STORM SURGE WAS FARTHER NORTH OF US CLOSER TO WHERE IT MADE LANDFALL. CLOSER TO THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA. THERE IS STORM SURGE. AGAIN, NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE HERE IN CHARLESTON. THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BASED ON WHAT THEY SAW IN TERMS OF WHAT EON DID IN SOUTH OF FLORIDA. GIO. >> WE DID NOT WANT TO SEE A REPEAT,

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