THE LATEST: University of South Carolina cancels classes for remainder of the week
Update: 1 p.m.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation has issued an updated road closures map. Drivers are urged to find alternate routes around barricaded roads instead of trying to drive through them.
SCDOT road closures update: 12 p.m.
Update: 12:15 p.m.
University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides has canceled classes for the Columbia campus for the remainder of the week.
Update: 11:30 a.m.
The Richland County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim who died as a result of heavy flooding in the Columbia area on Monday night.
Coroner Gary Watts said 82-year-old Richard Nelson Milroy, of Columbia, was found dead in his vehicle in the 1200 block of Peeples Street off Monticello Road.
Update: 11 a.m.
The body of a man was retrieved from Carys Lake near 6800 block of Trenholm Road Tuesday morning, said Richland County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson.
The body was retrieved by sheriff’s deputies and Columbia firefighters, he said. No other information was available.
The located where the body was retrieved is several blocks south of Dent Middle School and Decker Boulevard.
Matt MacGillivray said his wife saw a body in the Carys Lake behind their Trenholm Road home and called 911. He said he did not know if the person found was a man or a woman.
The body was found near a lakefront in MacGillivray’s backyard.
“We were really glad to see the sun come out today, but to see another fatality is really sad,” MacGillivray said.
Update: 10: 45 a.m.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation has issued an updated road closures map. Drivers are urged to find alternate routes around barricaded roads instead of trying to drive through them.
SCDOT road closures update: 10 a.m.
Update: 10:30 a.m.
A boil water advisory has been issued for the city of Batesburg-Leesville, city officials said.
Town Manager Ted Luckadoo said the advisory is a precautionary measure after recent rainfall may have contaminated drinking water.
Water customers are advised to boil their water for one full minute prior to drinking and cooking.
Update: 9:45 a.m.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has rescinded the information previously released suggesting the Upper Windsor Dam failed. Residents in the area are not required to evacuate.
Update: 9 a.m.
Richland County officials announced the Upper Windsor Dam has failed. Those near the following areas need to seek higher ground immediately:
▪ Loch Lane
▪ Wellington Road
▪ Castledale Road
▪ Hunt Club Road
▪ Fox Borrow Road
▪ Oneil Court
▪ Bagpipe Road
▪ Welch Street
▪ Yorkhouse Road
▪ Angel Garden Way
Anyone in the area that can make their way to A.C. Flora High School should do so immediately.
Update: 8:30 a.m.
Lexington County officials are starting to look at how to repair a sinkhole on an road near the Amazon distribution center south of Cayce.
The sinkhole was discovered after a vehicle drove into it late Monday when the driver ignored barricades across the flooded road and got stuck in it, County Administrator Joe Mergo said. The motorist was not injured.
The road is about a mile south of I-77 in an industrial area developed by the county. Amazon and Nephron Pharmaceuticals are the main occupants.
Update: 8 a.m.
No rain showers are in the forecast for Columbia area residents after days of rains and flooding across the state.
“Finally, today is going to be dry,” National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Proud said Tuesday morning.
The highest rainfall in Richland County was an estimated 20.86 inches of rain near Forest Acres counted through 8 a.m. on Monday.
Still, Midlands area residents should be cautious because flooding is still possible.
“It’s still going to take time for all the water to work through the rivers,” Proud said, adding dams and ponds may rupture.
Update: 7 a.m.
With many throughout Richland County waking up without water Tuesday, Columbia city officials have set up several water distribution centers until the drinking water emergency is over.
The following centers are scheduled to open at 8 a.m. Tuesday and remain open until 6:30 p.m.:
▪ 1101 Lincoln St. (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)
▪ 5420 Forest Drive (Walmart parking lot)
▪ 2615 Lower Richland Blvd. (Lower Richland High School)
Others to be opened in coming days at Midland, Landmark and Dutch Square shopping centers.
National Guard officers will help with the distributions.
SOURCE: City of Columbia
Update: 6:30 a.m.
There are just more than 500 people in Lexington and Richland counties still without power Tuesday morning, but that number is significantly lower than the thousands that were reported to not have power in the counties Sunday and Monday, according to a South Carolina Electric & Gas power outage map.
Thousands were left without power and running water after historic rains and flooding ravaged the state Sunday and Monday.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is also reporting that there are still 328 roads and 160 bridges throughout the state that are still closed to travel, with 38 roads in Lexington County and 110 in Richland County still closed.
Nine dams throughout the Midlands closely breached or failed completely, according to the S.C. Emergency Management Division. Eighteen dams have breached statewide.
Dams that breached or failed in the Midlands were:
Lexington County:
Old Mill Pond
Gibson Pond Dam
Barr Lake Dam
Lee County:
Clyburn Dam
Richland County:
Upper Rocky Creek/North Lake Dam
Carys Lake Dam
Semmes Lake Dam
Lower Rockyford Lake Dam
Aiken County
Corbett Lake
In addition, one dam ‑ Beaver Dam (Boyd's Pond No. 2/Wildwood Pond No. 2) ‑ in Richland County was intentionally breached to relieve pressure.
This story was originally published October 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM with the headline "THE LATEST: University of South Carolina cancels classes for remainder of the week."