Hurricane Mathew Makes Landfall in McClellanville, SC

(AP)–The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Matthew made landfall in South Carolina.

According to the Hurricane center,  the storm’s center made landfall just southeast of the town of McClellanville.
The NHC says a “serious inland flooding event” is taking place.

The homes and resorts along the Atlantic Ocean on Hilton Head Island appear to have survived Hurricane Matthew.

Hundreds of trees and limbs littered the beachside road, and a few feet of water washed up from the beach, but the area appears to be mostly unscathed.

At Coligny Beach Park, it was evident the storm surge made it well past the 50 yards of sand that are typically dry even at high tide.

Some of the seawater was left behind and a few residents were cleaning out storm drains to get rid of it.

Matthew passed by Hilton Head Island about 20 miles offshore early Saturday, with winds as high as 88 mph.