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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hurricane Humberto is expected to stay well off the East coast, but a second area of tropical weather near the Bahamas (Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine) is prompting concern heading into next week. Most models indicate that Tropical Storm Imelda will form over the Bahamas and begin...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Chances for rain and thunderstorms are expected to climb into the weekend and early next week in advance of a possible tropical threat!. INVEST 94L: Most forecast models are in strong agreement on slow development of a consolidated area of low pressure north of Haiti and Cuba. Our current...

For the second consecutive year, CCPL is working with Charleston County’s Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (more commonly known as The Charleston Center) to help prevent opioid misuse in Charleston. Running now through November, the series called In Plain Sight features educational events,...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Tropical Depression Nine, is expected to lift northward towards the Lowcountry early next week! First Alert Weather Days have been issued for Monday and Tuesday in advance of strong wind gusts and a growing concern for heavy rainfall and flooding. THIS WEEKEND: A cold front will...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Johns Island is one of the fastest-growing communities in Charleston County, and until now, residents have gone without an emergency room on the island. That changed Thursday with Trident Health’s groundbreaking of the first ER on the island. Shovels hit the ground this morning as Trident...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Police are investigating after a juvenile pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run crash on Wednesday in North Charleston. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department responded to the area of Dorchester Road and Great Oak Drive around 9:30 p.m. and found a boy lying in the...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical College Hospital, which we now know as MUSC Hospital, is celebrating its 70th birthday on Friday. The facility first opened its doors on Sept. 26, 1955. The 10-floor, 465-bed medical facility was built at a cost of $11 million, which would be more than $130 million in today’s...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – An investigation is underway in North Charleston regarding an incident between a juvenile and an officer. The North Charleston Police Department said its officers responded to a disturbance regarding an allegedly armed male at a CVS store on Ashley Phosphate Road just after 1:30 p.m....

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local governments in the Lowcountry are stepping up preparations as a tropical disturbance off the coast raises concerns of possible flooding and storm impacts. In Charleston, city leaders held an emergency meeting Friday and announced precautionary measures despite the system not yet...

Berkeley County authorities are taking precautionary steps ahead of potential heavy rainfall and flooding this weekend, as a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic edges closer to the Southeast. The post Berkeley County Prepares for Heavy Rain, Tropical Threat first appeared on The Berkeley Observer .