Sumter escapes major damage from Hurricane Dorian

State response surges to coast as county ‘fortunate’ during hurricane

BY KAYLA ROBINS
kayla@theitem.com
Posted 9/6/19

It seems the storm spared Sumter, again.

Half a week after leveling parts of the Bahamas as a Category 5 hurricane, Dorian skirted up the East Coast toward South Carolina, getting as close as 50 miles offshore from Charleston, then Myrtle Beach. …

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