Newspaper article about flooding around my cousin's area. I grew up around there.
Johnsonville, S.C. - Most people who know of the "The Neck" near Johnsonville know it as the site of an annual Christmas Eve party and parade that draws thousands who watch and participate in a somewhat raucous affair.
But the Neck, a community of homes for nearly 200 people, is also a close-knit group of family members and friends who take care of one another. They look after each another and their things, and on Monday and Tuesday, rescued their neighbors.
The rescues were necessary because the homes in the Neck became inundated with three-four feet of water from the flooding river.
The river was flooded by some 18 inches of rain over a four-day period. Before the rains and flood, the Lynches was at one of its lowest stages in years because of a drought.
Downstream from the water gauges that measure the river’s height at Effingham, the water was still rising at Johnsonville Tuesday afternoon. A higher than expected flow on the Lynches closed U.S. Highway 52 to travelers at Effingham beginning about 5 a.m. Tuesday.
On Sunday evening and into Monday the Lynches was making its way into the homes of those living close to its banks, from communities such as Effingham, Coward, Scranton, Prospect, and on to the Neck. Like many others, those residents eventually had to take to boats to get people, pets, and things to safety.
It was about 8 p.m. Sunday night when folks on Half Moon Road, about two miles west of First Neck Road, evacuated to higher ground.
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There are still evacuations because the rivers are cresting. People out in the country have major problems because the roads are out.