COLUMBIA, S.C. — The torrential rains from Florence will test South Carolina’s infrastructure, which failed under historic flooding in 2015. A look at some of South Carolina’s existing infrastructural concerns and how Florence could affect them:DAMSGiven past problems, the thousands of public and private dams across South Carolina are cause for concern. After Matthew, South Carolina’s environmental agency requested more than $5 million to stabilize or tear down damaged dams and inspect others. South Carolina has 42,000 miles of state-maintained roads, according to the state Department of Transportation. According to Poore, a handful of roads in Clarendon County, south of Columbia, remain washed out after the 2015 flood.

Source: National Post September 15, 2018 04:11 UTC