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Charleston City convenes emergency meeting as tropical disturbance 94L threatens area
Summary
City officials briefed council on disturbance 94L (possible Imelda), ordered lake-level reductions including Lake Dodder, deployed pumps and barricades, identified parking decks for potential opening, and scheduled coordination calls this evening.
Mayor Cogswell called an emergency meeting of the Charleston City Council on short notice to hear updates about a tropical disturbance—identified in the briefing as 94L—that could develop into Tropical Storm or Hurricane Imelda.
EM specialist Daniel Flusses, citing National Weather Service guidance, said the system east of Cuba represents the city’s primary concern. "We're calling it disturbance 94 l," he said, adding that the National Weather Service presented three possible scenarios for the track and impacts and that "a lot of uncertainty" remains about where it will go. Flusses said the earliest impacts may be rainfall tomorrow, with a central forecast of about a half-inch…
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