Myrtle Beach area storm causing flooding in Cherry Grove and Garden City. Take a look
With rain falling throughout the Myrtle Beach area, social media users are posting videos of minor flooding and high tides in places like Cherry Grove and Garden City.
One Cherry Grove resident captured several large items pulled into the water by the high tide and later posted them to Facebook. Another user posted a video driving through Garden City with water forming small pools in the roads while tides seemed on the rise.
Cherry Grove is prone to flooding, facing water-covered roads during Hurricane Ian in 2022 and minor damage following Tropical Storm Idalia in 2023. Garden City also previously flooded during Hurricane Irma.
The posts followed a long day of rain that showed no signs of slowing Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.
The National Weather Service’s Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, storm report predicted 2-3 inches of rainfall for the Myrtle Beach area through Monday, placing the risk of flooding and coastal flooding between Little to No, Minor and Moderate impact for much of Monday and Tuesday. The NWS grades impact levels in severity from Little to No Impact, Minor Impact, Moderate Impact, High Impact and Extreme Impact.
The NWS’s Wilmington Office added in a Sept. 16, 2024, update that the amount of rainfall has “greatly increased the likelihood of flash flooding.”
The heavy rain comes in concert with King Tides, expected to last until Sept. 22, 2024, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. As stated on the National Ocean Service website, King Tides is a colloquial term for higher than normal tides, typically during a new or full moon, which Space.com full moon will occur Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
