Updated 12:12 p.m. Oct. 30
Residents prepared Thursday for Ian to hit South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane, leaving some grocery store shelves empty. Some downtown businesses protected doorways with sandbags and few boarded up windows.
The water aisle in a Harris Teeter was cleared out Wednesday in anticipation of Hurricane Ian | Photo by Cris Temples 
Some downtown businesses Thursday boarded up and placed sandbags in front of doors in preparation of Hurricane Ian | Photo by Andy Brack 
Some downtown businesses Thursday boarded up and placed sandbags in front of doors in preparation of Hurricane Ian | Photo by Andy Brack 
Photo by Andy Brack 
Photo by Andy Brack 
Photo by Andy Brack 
The Charleston Market was empty by 4 p.m. as vendors were told to go home | photo by Andy Brack 
Photo by Andy Brack 
Submitted photo from Heather Valeri, who said “I was amazed by the teamwork of strangers working together to fill sandbags. Plus, there were people (men and women) of different ages and backgrounds talking about college football. Even though the storm is looming overhead, people can find joy talking about their favorite college football teams.” 
People loaded up sandbags at the West Ashley Recreation Center Thursday | Photo by Heather Valeri 
Wind speeds increase Friday morning as Ian inches closer to South Carolina’s coast | Photo by Samantha Connors 
High winds on Thursday before Ian arrived in the Lowcountry ripped a large branch from a tree on Essex Drive in the Irongate Subdivision in Summerville | Herb Frazier 
Jacob Kilian, a resident of the Irongate Subdivision in Summerville, removes debris after a large tree fell Friday morning across Comingtree Range | Photo by Herb Frazier 
Charleston is getting wet from Ian’s rains | Photo by Andy Brack 
As rain poured down from Ian, downtown streets were inundated with flood water | photo by Samantha Connors 
Photo by Samantha Connors 
Photo by Samantha Connors 
Photo by Samantha Connors 
Photo by Samantha Connors 
Photo by Samantha Connors 
Flooding in West Ashley Friday | photo by Cris Temples 
Photo by Cris Temples 
Photo by Cris Temples 
Photo by Cris Temples 
Photo by Cris Temples 
Photo by Cris Temples
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