BRUNSWICK COUNTY - Western portions of Brunswick County are among the hardest hit areas from the recent flooding.
Portions of Carolina Shores, Brunswick Plantation and Calabash all saw more than a foot of water since Friday.
“Friday night around eight o’clock I came down, walking and checking on my neighbors here and the water was up to my knees,” John Benett, a Carolina Shores resident, said.
Two firemen were having trouble walking down the street. They were holding on to each other, because the current was so bad washing down the road.
Benett said he even saw a car floating down the street.
He feels some of the ditches have not been cleaned out properly and believes that is why his neighborhood is having so many problems.
However, emergency services said with the torrential rainfall, major flooding is something that was expected.
“There’s been 15 inches of rain in that area,” Brunswick County Emergency Services Director Brian Watts said. “With that being said, there is, there is a lot of rain. No matter where that amount of rain would have fallen there would have been flooding.”
Brian Watts said an emergency shelter has been set up at West Brunswick High School.
“If you are in a flood prone area, or in a flood plain, it’s time to evacuate now,” Watts said. “Beyond that, when you’re driving don't go through flooded waterways, turn around, don't drown.”
Brunswick County officials said it only takes six to eight inches of water to actually carry a car off of the roadways. Also, the increased rainfall and flooding can make it extremely dangerous because you can't see if there's any damage to the streets.
“As the rain filters in throughout the rest of the county, we expect to have problems throughout," Watts said
Benett just hopes it all ends soon so that his community can begin to rebuild.
"These people lost a lot of money cleaning their houses, they can't live in them, half of them."