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Sout Carolina Case Study

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Whenever the Bonnie started forming up, a tropical storm warning came in place in Sout Carolina. Heavy precipitation just came up as an effect of the storm with causing severe flooding on highways. Some people had to be recovered from drowning. The total damage of the Bonnie were not less than $640,000 (2016 USD) and that was just the damage in

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