Bulloch reaching out to South Carolina flood victims

Donations welcome at public safety office

Ethan Abbott pulls his boat down Mayfield St. to help a friend get personal items out of the house in the Ashborough subdivision near Summerville, S.C., Tuesday. Residents are concerned that the Ashley river will continue to rise as floodwaters come down from Columbia. Bulloch County Public Safety is heading efforts to collect supplies to assist victims of flooding in South Carolina due in part to the effects of Hurricane Joaquin.

W East Coast Rainstorm Heal 2 — Ethan Abbott pulls his boat down Mayfield St. to help a friend get personal items out of the house in the Ashborough subdivision near Summerville, S.C., Tuesday. Residents are concerned that the Ashley river will continue to rise as floodwaters come down from Columbia. Bulloch County Public Safety is heading efforts to collect supplies to assist victims of flooding in South Carolina due in part to the effects of Hurricane Joaquin.

Bulloch County Public Safety is heading efforts to collect supplies to assist victims of flooding in South Carolina due in part to the effects of Hurricane Joaquin. Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn said the South Carolina Department of Emergency Management reported numerous dams were destroyed or breached and at least 17 people have died in the Carolinas as a result of the flooding. "Reach out to them if you can," he said.

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