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Remnants of Ivan move north as SC returns to normal

(Columbia) Sept. 17, 2004 - The remnants of Hurricane Ivan brought another dousing for residents in Upstate South Carolina who are still recovering from Frances. The storm spun off tornadoes and high winds in the Upstate as it tracked across Alabama on Thursday. By Friday morning it was over eastern Tennessee. National Hurricane Center>>   Severe Weather Alerts>>

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch through 6:00am Sunday for the Upstate.

Oconee County officials estimate ten tornadoes brought down trees and power lines. One person suffered a minor injury after tree fell on a mobile home. Scattered power outages were reported.

A confirmed tornado touched down around 5:00pm Thursday near the intersection of Andrew Coleman Road and Hickory Grove Road in Saluda County. It downed trees and powerlines, damaged a couple of home and destroyed a barn about five miles from the town of Saluda. The path of the storm was estimated to be 60 to 70 yards.

Carlene Ridge was shaken up after seeing the tornado touchdown, "It was black. It was just really dark, really scary. It looked like a vacuum like the clouds were turning."

About 50 people near the Tugalo River had to be ferried out Friday after rising water washed over a road which was the only way to get to their homes. Two tractor trailer rigs flipped on their sides in Chester County on Friday morning.

Duke Power spokesman Tom Williams says at least 23,000 people were without power as winds of 90 miles blew threw.

Ivan came ashore early Thursday as a Category 3 with 130 miles an hour winds but began weakening over land. It had weakened to 75 miles an hour by mid-morning. Rain from Ivan reached the Midlands early Thursday morning.

Much of South Carolina already is soaked from what was left of Hurricane Frances last week. Emergency officials worry it won't take much to push rivers out of their banks and pull trees from the moist soil.

While people in the western part of the state deal with Ivan, residents along the coast are looking out into the Atlantic at Tropical Depression Jeanne .

Updated 10:14pm by Chris Rees with AP

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