GEORGETOWN-After heavy rains forced the closure of several roads in Georgetown Monday night, crews were back again Tuesday morning getting rid of the left over water.
City employees tell News 13 that early Tuesday morning the workers cleaned and suctioned most of the water while working to rid storm and sewage drains of any left over water.
One dry-cleaning business along US 17 at Fraser Street still had a wet carpet but was open for business.
Most of the heavily affected businesses are along Front Street, just of Highway 17.
That is the prime area where the South Carolina Department of Transportation officials said they will start working to fix as it just received $18 million for road construction to prevent flooding when it rains.
Orobosa Uwagbai the co-owner of Orobosa restaurant said that he and his employees were in 2-3 inches of water Monday night. The kitchen had five inches of water that led to the back door where he placed sand bags to temporarily prevent water from coming inside the restaurant The clean uptook 5 hours and was finished just in time for business on Tuesday, Orobosa said.
"If I wasn't here probably most of the stuff would have been damaged. Luckily we did not have damage because I was here. We had to move our computer and other stuff around," Orobosa said.
The business plans to put barriers up around the back door to prevent future flooding, Orobosa said.
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