Updated September 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM EDT

Parts of the southeastern United States are bracing for the impacts of Tropical Storm Imelda, just one year after Hurricane Helene tore through the region, leaving casualties and calamity in its wake.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster put residents under a state of emergency in preparation for the storm, which is expected to impact parts of the East Coast starting early this week.

"While the storm's arrival, speed, and intensity remain hard to predict, we do know that it will bring significant wind, heavy rainfall, and flooding across the ENTIRE state of South Carolina," McMaster said in a statement Friday.

"We have seen this before. Now is the time to start paying attention to forecasts, updates, and alerts from official sources and begin

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