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A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for parts of Charleston until 9/27 5:45AM. Please seek shelter immediately!

.Summerville Police and .@summerville_fd advising South Main Street from Old Country Club to Golf Rd are shut down due to a tree being down and in power lines. Please use alternative route #chsnews #chstrfc .Town of Summerville

Tornado Warning including McClellanville SC until 6:15 AM EDT

Tornado Warning including Cross SC until 6:30 AM EDT

Do not drive through water-covered roadways. Doing so is extremely dangerous.

Charleston County EMS is moving to modified operations and no longer traveling over the Ravenel Bridge. There are also many trees down across roadways in Charleston County. #ChsNews

A TORNADO WARNING has been issued for parts of Charleston, Berkeley until 9/27 6:45AM. Please seek shelter immediately!

More than half a million customers are without power this morning across #SouthCarolina. In Colleton County more than 81 percent of customers are without power. #chsnews #HurricaneHelene #helene #power #outage source: PowerOutage.us

Do you need a place to go in the midst of #Helene? The Community Resource Center North Charleston (3947 Whipper Barony Ln.) will be a day shelter today from 10am - 5pm. Get groceries, hygiene products, and counseling support.

Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who devoted his time after retirement to charitable and humanitarian causes focused on improving life in his native Congo, has died from brain cancer. He was 58. apnews.com/article/dikemb…

BREAKING: NWS Charleston, SC has confirmed yet another tornado with #Helene: Charleston County: Wadmalaw Island, SC. EF1 with max winds of 90 mph. This the second tornado to impact Wadmalaw Island. #chswx #scwx

8:05 AM CDT Monday Update: Milton rapidly intensifies into a category 4 hurricane. The maximum sustained winds have now increased to 150 mph (240 km/h) and the minimum pressure has fallen to 940 mb.

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#Breaking huge fire response here in North Charleston off Rivers Ave. Firefighters appear to be focusing on a supply yard next to a plumbing store. #chsnews Live5News

BREAKING: The jury in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial has reached a verdict on all charges. Follow AP for live updates. apnews.com/live/sean-didd…

#BREAKING: North Charleston Police have confirmed one person was taken to the hospital following a shooting. Officers are at the scene on Rivers Avenue near Beaufort and Macon Avenue. #chsnews

#BREAKING: North Charleston Police confirm one person was taken to the hospital following a shooting. Extensive law enforcement presence on Rivers Avenue near Beaufort.

Friendly fall reminder: Please don’t invite me to pick pumpkins, pick apples, pick flowers or any other plant on the burial grounds of enslaved people, aka plantations or any other rebranding they may go by. My answer will always be ‘no’. -Signed, Management Living In SC