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Streetlights that were completely out and over 160 trees that were taken down from the strong wind, but, of course, we know this particular town is so susceptible to street flooding. it has receded across the city of charleston. we're left with this nuisance damage. quintessential charleston here. the spice and tea exchange co dealing with a bit of awning damage but that's about it. evacuation order lifting tomorrow, too. by the way. natalie? >> derek van dam, thanks very much. >> all right. boris johnson says he would rather be dead in a ditch than delay brexit even more one day, but if the...

City. at the height of the storm there was over 110 road closures that took place, 150 trees knocked down. but for the most part we're talking about nuisance damage. that's what i like to refer to it as. still not great for the city, but this will be cleaned up quickly. people will be able to get on to day to day activities probably by sunrise in the morning. they're starting to lift some of the mandatory evacuations in and around charleston. >> that's good news. derrick van dam, thank you very much. this is cnn breaking news. >> we are just now learning of former zimbabwe president robert m...

Wind damage. we've also seen downed power lines. you see the street lamp here in front of me. we've also seen swamped roadways from some of the surge and the flash flooding that took place throughout the day. it's incredible, the businesses and homes down here took the storm very seriously. they took the opportunities to block their windows and sand bag the lower parts of their doors because they know that this is such a vulnerable coastal city it does flood quite regularly, but they are prepared for it. what you are seeing behind me is one of the quintessential charleston businesses. they've ...

That toppled because of the storm but it's good to know that this city, a very vulnerable coastal city takes this so seriously. they boarded up their homes, sand bagged, boarded up the lower portions of the building all to prevent the flash flooding that was in the forecast. there were some locations that were under water but the pumping system worked very well, very effectively and took out the water quickly. it receded throughout the overnight period. what you're seeing behind me, this quintessential road in downtown charleston is in the historic district. i like to refer to this as nuisance...

Love for the city of charleston. i think you and the residents here can breathe a collective sigh of leaf tonight because it was spared the direct hit from hurricane dorian. we drove around. we saw swamped roads, electrical lines down, but that's really the extent of the damage aside from some nuisance damage we've seen across here. i'm in the historic district downtown. you see some of the street lamps taken down by the strong winds which, by the way, were the biggest concerns aside from the flooding. that actually ended up being the biggest problem, but i managed to talk to the mayor of char...