Areas are flooded near rivers in the Lowcountry and Grand Strand following two weeks of heavy rainfall on Monday, February 22, 2021.
Donald Sweat (center) and his nephew, Chappell Lemmon (left), are joined by a local TV news crew as they boat down Happiness Lane near Ridgeville to check on a house owned by Sweat on Feb. 22, 2021. The road is situated along the Edisto River, which flooded due to heavy rainfall. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Kevin Cox, a FedEx employee, yells to Diane Ciardi about what to do with a package he was trying to deliver as her yard is flooded with water from the Edisto River near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Ciardi has been stuck in her home since Thursday and without running water since Friday. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Vehicles are submerged in floodwaters outside a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Floodwaters surround a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
A motorist turns onto Thornhill Drive from a flooded Mayfield Street in the Ashborough neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rain has forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Water from the Edisto River flows onto Hideaway Lane near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
A “Friends of the Edisto” sign sits in a yard flooded by the Edisto River on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Donald Sweat pulls his boat out of floodwaters on Happiness Lane near Ridgeville after returning from checking on a house he owns on Feb. 22, 2021. He said the house was dry, though many homes on the road were not. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Water rushes downstream on the Ashley River at Herbert H. Jessen public boat landing on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rains have forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Edisto River levels are high due to heavy rainfall as it flows under a bridge near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Water rushes downstream on the Ashley River at Herbert H. Jessen public boat landing on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rains have forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
A home on Mayfield Street in the Ashborough neighborhood is surrounded by floodwaters on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rain has forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Floodwater surrounds a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 20, 2021. Colleton County Fire-Rescue/Provided
Colleton County Fire-Rescue and sheriff's deputies assisted city of Walterboro responders in evacuating residents from the Ivanhoe Apartments at 311 Ireland Creek Drive on Feb. 19, 2021. The residents were helped to the high-water vehicle and driven out to higher ground. Colleton County Fire-Rescue/Provided
A car makes its way through a flooded Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A sign along Sherwood Drive in Socastee indicates the rising waters off the Intracoastal Waterway on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A car makes its way through a flooded Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Floodwaters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway and Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Mitchell Strickland, 73, watches the waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
The Horry County Sheriff's Department monitors the rising waters along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A man walks down a flooded Ed Smith Avenue in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Mitchell Strickland views the Intracoastal Waterway from his backyard, where floodwaters had already covered his chairs and table. Nick Masuda/Staff
Floodwaters were rising and into homes at the end of Roberta Lane in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters were rising and into homes at the end of Roberta Lane in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
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Donald Sweat (center) and his nephew, Chappell Lemmon (left), are joined by a local TV news crew as they boat down Happiness Lane near Ridgeville to check on a house owned by Sweat on Feb. 22, 2021. The road is situated along the Edisto River, which flooded due to heavy rainfall. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Kevin Cox, a FedEx employee, yells to Diane Ciardi about what to do with a package he was trying to deliver as her yard is flooded with water from the Edisto River near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Ciardi has been stuck in her home since Thursday and without running water since Friday. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Vehicles are submerged in floodwaters outside a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Floodwaters surround a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
A motorist turns onto Thornhill Drive from a flooded Mayfield Street in the Ashborough neighborhood on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rain has forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Water from the Edisto River flows onto Hideaway Lane near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
A “Friends of the Edisto” sign sits in a yard flooded by the Edisto River on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Donald Sweat pulls his boat out of floodwaters on Happiness Lane near Ridgeville after returning from checking on a house he owns on Feb. 22, 2021. He said the house was dry, though many homes on the road were not. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Water rushes downstream on the Ashley River at Herbert H. Jessen public boat landing on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rains have forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Edisto River levels are high due to heavy rainfall as it flows under a bridge near Ridgeville on Feb. 22, 2021. Lauren Petracca/Staff
- By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com
Water rushes downstream on the Ashley River at Herbert H. Jessen public boat landing on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rains have forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
A home on Mayfield Street in the Ashborough neighborhood is surrounded by floodwaters on Feb. 22, 2021. Recent rain has forced the Ashley River over its banks, flooding low-lying areas. Brad Nettles/Staff
- Brad Nettles/ bnettles@podtandcourier.com
Floodwater surrounds a home along the Edisto River near U.S. Highway 17A in Colleton County on Feb. 20, 2021. Colleton County Fire-Rescue/Provided
Colleton County Fire-Rescue and sheriff's deputies assisted city of Walterboro responders in evacuating residents from the Ivanhoe Apartments at 311 Ireland Creek Drive on Feb. 19, 2021. The residents were helped to the high-water vehicle and driven out to higher ground. Colleton County Fire-Rescue/Provided
A car makes its way through a flooded Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A sign along Sherwood Drive in Socastee indicates the rising waters off the Intracoastal Waterway on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A car makes its way through a flooded Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Floodwaters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway and Sherwood Drive in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Mitchell Strickland, 73, watches the waters rise along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
The Horry County Sheriff's Department monitors the rising waters along the Intracoastal Waterway in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
A man walks down a flooded Ed Smith Avenue in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Mitchell Strickland views the Intracoastal Waterway from his backyard, where floodwaters had already covered his chairs and table. Nick Masuda/Staff
Floodwaters were rising and into homes at the end of Roberta Lane in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
Waters were rising and into homes at the end of Roberta Lane in Socastee on Feb. 22, 2021. Nick Masuda/Staff
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A sodden two weeks along South Carolina's coastal plain has made rivers in the Lowcountry and Grand Strand swell with rain, swamping some vulnerable areas along the Edisto River, Waccamaw River and Intracoastal Waterway.