Dozens of retired scientists and environmental groups say key recommendations of South Carolina's statewide flooding task force are misguided and that scientific data don't support them.
The Pee Dee region and parts of the Piedmont are bracing for river flooding after now-Tropical Depression Florence drenched the Carolinas, swelling waterways. At least six died as a result of the storm.
Republican Govs. Henry McMaster, S.C., Larry Hogan, Md., and Nathan Deal, Ga., consider options to lobby the Trump administration for exemptions for their states from a proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling.
