{"id":25501,"date":"2017-09-12T07:02:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25501"},"modified":"2017-09-12T07:02:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:02:45","slug":"irma-death-toll-climbs-to-11-as-storm-surges-flood-charleston-and-savannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=25501","title":{"rendered":"Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-09-12\/irma-death-toll-climbs-11-storm-surges-flood-charleston-and-savannah\">Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"node node-type-story node-full node-nid-603317\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>The National Hurricane Center downgraded Irma to a Tropical Depression late Monday night, but even in its weakened state, the storm continues to cause deadly storm surges and volatile winds as it travels through Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, flooding downtown Charleston, South Carolina and uprooting trees in Atlanta, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/us\/hurricane-irma-weakens-to-category-1-storm\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, authorities have confirmed 11 deaths from the storm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/11\/2017.09.12charlestonflooding.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/11\/2017.09.12charlestonflooding_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/11\/2017.09.12charlestonmarket_0.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/11\/2017.09.12charlestonmarket_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/weather-news\/irmas-flooding-rainfall-tornado-threat-to-eye-alabama-to-south-carolina-tennessee\/70002684\">Accuweather<\/a>, even as the storm travels well inland from the coast, Irma will put many lives at risk in northern Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina, where residents should anticipate severe flooding. Already, the storm has killed three people in Georgia and one in South Carolina, where a 57-year-old South Carolina man was fatally injured by a falling tree limb during the storm, Abbeville County Coroner Ronnie Ashley told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/us\/hurricane-irma-weakens-to-category-1-storm\/index.html\">CNN<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The man was cutting downed limbs with a chainsaw outside of his home when he was struck.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor \" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"NHC Atlantic Ops (screen name: NHC_Atlantic)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892736587397816320\/nTDra-V-_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892736587397816320\/nTDra-V-_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/892736587397816320\/nTDra-V-_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"NHC Atlantic Ops\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">NHC Atlantic Ops<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"NHC Atlantic Ops (screen name: NHC_Atlantic)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@NHC_Atlantic\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@NHC_Atlantic<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tropical Depression <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Irma?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Irma<\/span><\/a> Advisory 52: Irma Weakens to a Tropical Depression. <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/go.usa.gov\/W3H\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VqHn0uj6EM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/go.usa.gov\/W3H\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>go.usa.gov\/W3H<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\/status\/907431583711461376\" data-datetime=\"2017-09-12T02:32:03+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 12, 2017 02:32:03 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-09-12T02:32:03+0000\">10:32 PM &#8211; Sep 11, 2017<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Irma\u2019s storm surge overwhelmed the Battery in the downtown Charleston where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet. Charleston police asked residents to avoid downtown in anticipation of high tide. One resident captured the surge in this chilling video. <strong>Waters in Charleston Harbor peaked at nearly 10 feet, the city&#8217;s third-highest reading ever, topping Hurricane Matthew in 2016, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/us\/hurricane-irma-weakens-to-category-1-storm\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irma Death Toll Climbs To 11 As Storm Surges Flood Charleston And Savannah The National Hurricane Center downgraded Irma to a Tropical Depression late Monday night, but even in its weakened state, the storm continues to cause deadly storm surges and volatile winds as it travels through Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, flooding downtown Charleston, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15964,15807,15963,4318],"class_list":["post-25501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-death-toll","tag-hurricane-irma","tag-tropical-depression","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25502,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25501\/revisions\/25502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}