Marion County EOC closes

City of Marion, City of Mullins and Marion County non-essential employees were released to go home at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Marion County Administrator said the county’s EOC is being activated to full staff, beginning at 5 p.m. and emergency officials manned the site throughout the night, closing it after Hanna left the S.C. coast.

“After discussions with city and county officials and getting the last report from the National Weather Service showing that the storm will be passing over Marion County tonight with winds up to 65 mph, I have decided to activate the EOC ...“ Tim Harper, county administrator said. The EOC number is (843) 423-8270.

The storm made landfall on the northern tip of the coast, causes some flooding when it dumped three to five inches of rain on the county.