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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