Mayor Defends His Anti-flooding Initiatives

Commentary: Mayor responds to critics with 13 ways Charleston is addressing flooding BY JOHN J. TECKLENBURG Aug 15, 2018 Updated Aug 15, 2018 (3) Facebook Twitter Email Multiple cars sit stalled at the intersection of Cannon and President streets earlier in July after...

Letter Disputes Worsening Storms

t UpLetter: Storms aren’t getting stronger Aug 15, 2018 The Aug. 12 article headlined, “Stronger hurricanes becoming the norm,” perpetuates a false belief that stronger hurricanes are becoming the norm. They are not. At least not based on data collected by NOAA and...

Wrecking Ball for Flood-Damaged Downtown House

A downtown Charleston home will be torn down after flooding left the owner unable to sell By Robert Behre rbehre@postandcourier.com Aug 16, 2018 Updated 18 hrs ago (0) Scores of homes in Charleston’s historic district have been damaged from flooding during the past...

Federal Flood Insurance Gets Renewal Reprieve

Flood insurer that covers 200K SC homes remains a political football By John McDermott jmcdermott@postandcourier.com Aug 5, 2018 Rain storms triggered widespread flooding in Charleston on July 20, but other areas of South Carolina are also susceptible to water damage....

A Year After Hurricane Harvey, FEMA Among the Missing

U.S. As Texas Recovers From Harvey, Port Arthur Struggles Blue-collar Gulf Coast city still digging out from hurricane Rev. Kevin Badeaux walks through repairs in the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Port Arthur. LOREN ELLIOTT for The Wall Street Journal 1 of 11 98...