Glynn County is shut down 'until further notice' after serious flooding
ST. SIMONS ISLAND – When the water rose here Monday, it hoisted massive stones and slung them from the beach, ripped porches off shore-front homes and deposited one small crab in Alex Binkney’s house.
The 67-year-old woman, who had sat with her husband and a neighbor couple watching Tropical Storm Irma pound the coast, was one of the few residents on the island hours later. People were ordered to stay out of all of Glynn County until “further notice,” officials said, because of widespread flooding and mass power outages.
Anyone who even tried to leave this island was stopped by county police Monday night and ordered to figure out a way to stay, because the Causeway leading back to the mainland was closed after being covered in water. The road was dried out mostly by 7 p.m., though it was unclear when it would reopen.
The county was even asking the residents who remained in its borders not to shower, because the sewer capacity was stretched so thin.
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