Flooding And Damage Across Region, More Rain Monday Night

**Update Monday, September 21, 2009 4:50 p.m.***

As of 4 pm. Oconee Road Closures from Oconee Emeregency Management:

Camp Road
Lester Lane
McGee Road
Crystal Lake Road
Lands Bridge Road
Whitewater Lake Road
Busch Creek Road

***Updated Monday, September 21, 2009 2:48 p.m.***

Transylvania County Emergency Management says roads are closed because of flooding, especially in the east-side of the county.  There is heavy flooding on Wilson Road, Davidson River Road and Cascade Lake Road In Rosman, there is flooding in front of the high school.

In Henderson County most of the flooding has ceased, with the rivers and creeks leveling off.  There are still some spots where the water is still high, including along the French Broad River near Etowah. 

***Updated Monday, September 21, 2009 2:30 p.m.***

Water has been released water from the Yonah Dam.  Emergency Management says the water has crested and is well on its way back down.

The rivers are still full but they haven’t received at all the rain they were expecting today.

***Updated Monday, September 21, 2009 11:39 a.m.***

A flood watch remains in effect untio 8 p.m. for most of western North Carolina, the Mountains of South Carolina, and a good part of Northeastern Georgia.
Some of these areas picked up three to ten inches of rain over the weekend, and more rain will only aggravate flooding that has already been occurring.

Rain will be likely area-wide today, with isolated thunder also possible.  Highs will range from the low to mid 70s in the northwest Upstate under the harder rain to near 80 in the Southeast.  The mountains will see upper 60s to lower 70s.  Showers will be with us into tonight.

Chances for more rain stay with us over most of the rest of the week as a very humid air mass remains in place.  However, the coverage of showers and thunder looks to be a bit lower by mid-week.  As those rain chances thin a little, temperatures will be climbing.

Read more on our weather page here.

Henderson County has seen flooding as well.  Click here to see video of Mud Creek overflowing.

***Updated Monday, September 21, 2009 6:30 a.m.***

Mass flooding has caused damage throughout Oconee County and counties in western North Carolina.

Oconee County officials report that roads are closed due to flooding, fallen trees and fallen power lines. Most of the damage and road closures have occurred in the towns of Walhalla, Tamassee and Salem.

Officials in Oconee County say that South Boundary Street, Torrington Road, Vine Street and Laurel Street in Walhalla have been flooded and Highway 11 at Hodge Road is flooded as well. Damage reports are also showing that reports of boat docks have been swept away from homes on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee.

Lt. Travis Tilson with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office says that there is a small dam break on Dynamite Road that has closed Highway 11 in that vicinity. Tilson says that several smaller roads are completely flooded and the South Carolina Department of Transportation is working to set up barricades.

Thad Long says his crops are a complete loss. “It looks like a lake,“ the farmer said about his three acres of crops.

Sertoma Field in Walhalla looked more like a pond than a recreational field. Police put up yellow tape to keep people away from the rising waters on the field.

Several mobile homes in the Rocky Knoll Road area in Oconee County have also been flooded.

Trinta Vaughn decided to evacuate her vacation rental in Westminster. “It’s probably thirty feet of grass down in the water,“ she said. The river rose all the way up to the back door of her cabin.

Polk County, Transylvania and Henderson counties are reporting moderate damage due to flooding with roads being closed and trees and power lines down.

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