Weather

A new app designed to provide updates on disaster supplies and educational resources in the wake of a natural disaster was released this week.

A Tropical Storm Warning has been posted for the central and northern South Carolina coast due to impacts from Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen.

The National Weather Service (NWS) is recognizing Deaf Awareness Week by releasing weather safety information for the deaf and hard of hearing.

The National Hurricane Center is highlighting an area off the South Carolina east coast for possible development later this week.

The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory on Hurricane Lee, located several hundred miles off the coast of Bermuda and on Hurricane Margot, located over the central Atlantic.

Hurricane Lee is expected to stay off the U.S. East Coast this week, but that could change for the upcoming weekend.

In a typical Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, August through mid-September is the busiest time for tropical storms and hurricanes. This season is no different.

Idalia will move into South Carolina’s Lowcountry this evening as a weakening Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds around 75 mph. Dangers stemming from a tropical cyclone not only exist during the storm, but also after it passes.

Hurricane Idalia is forecasted to reach hurricane strength as it moves inland on southeast Georgia and South Carolina coast late Wednesday afternoon.

Idalia is expected to make landfall across the Big Bend Coast of Florida as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday morning then track into Georgia and South Carolina as a tropical storm.