South-Carolina
Will potential tropical cyclone affect South Carolina, Greenville? What to know.
A tropical storm is likely to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast
The tropical rainstorm causing flooding in Puerto Rico right now is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm before hitting Florida.
A developing tropical storm currently passing over Cuba may impact parts of South Carolina and North Carolina by the middle of next week. The storm could bring heavy precipitation, rough surf and other impacts to these regions.
At 11 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory for “potential tropical cyclone four.” In the update, the tropical depression was shown over Cuba, with the long-term path of the storm moving into the Gulf of Mexico before swinging back over Florida and into the Atlantic.
The cone of uncertainty, which shows the storm’s probable path, includes much of SC. However, many variables remain, including the strength of the still-developing storm and its exact eventual path.
If the system strengthens into a tropical storm as currently predicted, its name would be Debby, the fourth named storm of the season.
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What are the chances for development?
As of late Friday morning the depression was about 420 miles southeast of Key West.
“A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for the southwest coast of the Florida peninsula from East Cape Sable to Bonita Beach,” stated the hurricane center’s 11 a.m. advisory. “A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for the Florida Keys south of the Card Sound Bridge including the Dry Tortugas, the southern coast of the Florida peninsula east of East Cape Sable to the Card Sound bridge, and for the west coast of the Florida peninsula north of Bonita Beach to Aripeka.”
According to the hurricane center, the depression could grow into a tropical storm by late Saturday as it passed over the Florida Keys.
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What can we expect in the Greenville area?
Weather for the upcoming week is highly dependent on the development of the tropical storm. How quickly the steering winds push the storm north-northeast up toward Florida’s panhandle and back over land will determine the severity of associated weather.
The hurricane center’s update currently has the system passing over northern Florida late Sunday and reentering the Atlantic on Monday morning. Then, predictions show the storm hugging the coast as it moves up the Eastern Seaboard toward the Carolinas. Again, many variables can impact where the system will move.
Currently, NOAA forecasts for the weekend are showing high temperatures in the 90s with overnight showers and thunderstorms predicted. No high winds are forecasted so far.
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Where is Potential Tropical Cyclone Four?
Track it: South Carolina Storm Tracker and Model Mixer
Conditions around noon Aug. 2
- Location: 90 miles east-southeast of Camaguey, Cuba; 420 miles southeast of Key West
- Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph
- Movement: west-northwest at 16 mph
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Are you prepared for a hurricane?
Hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. Even if this system won’t pose a threat to the S.C. coast, it’s never too early to be prepared.
Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida, contributed to this report.
Iris Seaton is the trending news reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at iseaton@citizentimes.com.
South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer named the game in which he knew LaNorris Sellers was special.
South Carolina had some special moments last season and a lot of them included quatrterback LaNorris Sellers. The first year starting quarterback entered his name into college football stardom and many expect him to be one of the best quarterbacks in the sport this season.
Head Coach Shane Beamer joined the Always College Football podcast, and he talked about Sellers’ season last year and when things really started to change for his quarterback.
“I think for him, and I don’t want to speak for LaNorris, but just in having some conversations with him, I think he realized that after the Clemson game, where you’ve got a month where we’re not playing a game, you kind of get to be a normal person a little bit more. Certainly, after that Clemson game and the plays he made in that game, if people didn’t already learn about him, they knew more about him nationally, even more so after that game,” Beamer said.
It was way before the Kentucky game in which Beamer knew he picked the right guy to be the starting quarterback for the Gamecocks, and he realized that Sellers was only going to get better.
“He made some plays in that game with his feet,” Beamer said. “Now, we got hit one time because he missed the blitz pickup and he had to get himself out of trouble, but he made plays in that game. I knew he would continue to get better as the year went on because, if you remember, there was a period of that game where he got knocked out and he wasn’t in the game for a couple of series. The next week, we played LSU, he didn’t play the whole second half. So, really, the Ole Miss game, which I think was game five for us, that was the first game that he played in its entirety,” Beamer continued.
Sellers will look to lead a successful offense yet again this year for South Carolina and hopes to lead the program to its first every college football playoff berth.
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Nicholas Foley and Kayla Renard. (Credit: Honea Path police)
HONEA PATH, S.C. – Police in South Carolina said they were horrified after they found an infant in an infested house with numerous animals, some dead, and their feces.
The backstory:
Honea Path Police said on May 19, the local health department responded to a home after receiving reports about the welfare of an eight-month-old infant.
The infant was placed in the car of a relative during the investigation.
Dig deeper:
Officers said they “uncovered severe unsafe and unsanitary conditions that put the infant at risk.”
They found the home “infested with numerous animals, including raccoons, rabbits, dogs, cats, chickens, and deceased animals.”
“Animal feces and waste are throughout the residence,” they added to their Facebook post.
Forty animals were removed from the home, including a decomposing goat carcass in the bathtub.
Kayla Renard and Nicholas Foley were charged with unlawful conduct towards a child and ill-treatment of animals.
What they’re saying:
“In my 30-plus years of service, I have never encountered such a horrific situation involving unsanitary conditions and such a large number of animals,” one officer described.
The Source: The information in this story comes from a Facebook post by the Honea Path Police Department, where they detailed their response to a May 19 welfare check involving an infant. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
South Carolina baseball gets good news on Friday as senior Talmadge LeCroy announced his return to the team via the Gamecocks Baseball X account.
LeCroy will be coming back for his fifth season in Columbia. After a program wide down year in 2025, the super senior’s return to the Gamecocks could help provide a spark in 2026.
Joining the team as a freshman in 2022, LeCroy layed in 39 games with 27 starts. He had 24 hits, five doubles, 11 RBI and 19 walks with a .381 on-base percentage that season. His play increased as a sophomore where he played in 55 games with 52 starts for the Gamecocks in 2023. LeCroy hit .289 with 39 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 42 RBI
As a junior in 2024, LeCroy played in all 62 games making 60 starts, helping the Gamecocks to a berth in the Raleigh Regional. He finished that season scoring 45 runs, had eight doubles to go along with a triple, three home runs, 28 RBI, 38 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches.
After only appearing in 17 games in 2025 due to injury, LeCroy comes back to help the Gamecocks get back to postseason play in 2026.
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