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PHOTO ESSAY: Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew

10/21/2016 11:54 am by Statehouse Report

Water covers U.S. Highway 76 in Marion County after a dam breach in the area on Oct. 11, 2016. (Photo by Cody Crouch/SCDOT)

Special to Statehouse Report | In the days after Hurricane Matthew slammed and skirted South Carolina’s coast causing millions of dollars of damage, S.C. Department of Transportation photographers Cody Crouch and Rob Thompson traveled throughout the Pee Dee, Grand Strand and Lowcountry documenting the power of the storm. Here are 10 photos culled from hundreds that show the impact of the natural disaster on infrastructure, the landscape and lives.

Water flooded Main Road, at right, in Charleston County at its busy intersection with U.S. Highway 17. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT).

Aerial photo of a boat on a runway at the Lady's Island Airport in Beaufort County after the storm. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT). — Aerial photo of a boat on a runway at the Lady’s Island Airport in Beaufort County after the storm. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT).

Th storm pounded the state's beaches, as highlighted in a relatively empty area here. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT). — The storm pounded the state’s beaches, as highlighted in a relatively empty area here in Beaufort County. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT).

Low spots flooded in this Pee Dee neighborhood. (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT).

A crew member works to remove a big tree that fell in Williamsburg County, (Photo by Rob Thompson/SCDOT).

Road closure on U.S. Highway 701 near Allsbrook in Horry County on Oct. 11, 2016. (Photo by Cody Crouch/SCDOT)

Road washout damage on Francis Marion Road (S.C. Highway 317), in Florence County on Oct. 10, 2016. (Photo by Cody Crouch/SCDOT)

Road washout damage on Stagecoach Road, near Effingham in Florence County on Oct. 10, 2016. (Photo by Cody Crouch/SCDOT)

Water on Hill Road in Florence County on Oct. 10, 2016. (Photo by Cody Crouch/SCDOT)

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