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Helen Sullivan (now); Sam Levin ,Maya Yang, Léonie Chao-Fong and Oliver Holmes (earlier)

Georgia declares state of emergency as severe flooding and storm surges hit south-eastern US – as it happened

A flooded street in Crystal River, Florida.
A flooded street in Crystal River, Florida. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

We’re wrapping up our live coverage now. You can read our full story by my colleagues Richard Luscombe and Maya Yang here:

Along South Carolina’s coast, North Myrtle Beach, Garden City, and Edisto Island have each seen ocean water flowing over sand dunes and spilling onto beachfront streets Wednesday evening, the Associated Press reports.

Preliminary data showed the Wednesday evening high tide reached just over 9.2 feet (2.8 meters), more than 3 feet (0.9 meters) above normal and the fifth-highest reading in Charleston Harbor since records were first kept in 1899.

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